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Where does “lacusta” come from?

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

lacusta (Latin): locust, grasshopper; crustacean, marine...

Definitions

  1. locust, grasshopper; crustacean, marine...

Ancestry of “lacusta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlocustalocust, grasshopper; crustacean, marine...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...
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