Where does “lugá” come from?
lugá (Papiamentu) comes from Spanish lugar, from Spanish logar, from Old Spanish logar, from Latin locālis, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.
lugá (Papiamentu): place
Definitions
- place
Ancestry of “lugá”, step by step
lugá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish lugar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | lugar | place |
| 2 | Spanish | logar | Archaic form of lugar; to rent; Alternative form... |
| 3 | Old Spanish | logar | place |
| 4 | Latin | locālis | Belong to a place; local |
| 5 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 6 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |