Where does “Lăcusteanu” come from?

Lăcusteanu (Romanian) comes from Romanian lăcustă, from Vulgar Latin lacusta, from Latin locusta, from Proto-Indo-European lēk- — string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

Ancestry of “Lăcusteanu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlăcustălocust; grasshopper
2Vulgar Latinlacustalocust, grasshopper; crustacean, marine...
3Latinlocustalocust, grasshopper; crustacean, marine...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lēk- →Every word from Latin locusta →Every word from Vulgar Latin lacusta →