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Where does “lacca” come from?

lacca (Late Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European lēk- — string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

lacca (Late Latin): swelling on the shinbone of cattle; A swelling on...

Definitions

  1. swelling on the shinbone of cattle; A swelling on...

Ancestry of “lacca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...
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