Where does “lama” come from?

lama (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese lama, from Latin lama, from Latin lacma, from Proto-Indo-European lak-.

lama (Portuguese): mud; lama; Alternative form of lhama

Definitions

  1. mud; lama; Alternative form of lhama

Ancestry of “lama”, step by step

lama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese lama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueselama—
2Latinlamaslough, bog, fen
3Latinlacma—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlak-—

via Tibetan བླ་མ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanབླ་མlama - an accomplished spiritual teacher, guru
2Tibetanམmother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none

Words derived from “lama”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lak- →Every word from Latin lacma →Every word from Latin lama →