Where does “lopster” come from?

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

lopster (Middle English): A lobster or crayfish

Definitions

  1. A lobster or crayfish

Ancestry of “lopster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishloppestrelobster
2Latinlocustalocust, grasshopper; crustacean, marine...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...
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