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Where does “locuste” come from?

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

locuste (Middle English): locust

Definitions

  1. locust

Ancestry of “locuste”, step by step

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

Words derived from “locuste”

  • locust
  • locustlike
  • locustal
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