Where does “aligatór” come from?

aligatór (Kashubian) comes from Polish aligator, from English alligator, from English alligater, from Spanish lagarto, from Old Spanish lagarto, from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus, from Latin lacerta — lizard; ablative singular of lacerta.

aligatór (Kashubian): alligator

Definitions

  1. alligator

Ancestry of “aligatór”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishaligatoralligator
2EnglishalligatorEither of two species of large amphibious...
3Englishalligater
4Spanishlagartolizard; beer
5Old Spanishlagartolizard
6Vulgar Latin*lacartum
7LatinlacertusAlternative form of lacerta: a lizard; The...
8Latinlacertalizard; ablative singular of lacerta
Every word from Latin lacerta
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