Where does “langouste” come from?

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

langouste (Old French): grasshopper

Definitions

  1. grasshopper

Ancestry of “langouste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitanlangosta—
2Vulgar Latinlacustalocust, grasshopper; crustacean, marine...
3Latinlocustalocust, grasshopper; crustacean, marine...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

Words derived from “langouste”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lēk- →Every word from Latin locusta →Every word from Vulgar Latin lacusta →