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Where does “aligator” come from?

aligator (Romanian) comes from French alligator, from English alligator, from English alligater, from Spanish lagarto, from Old Spanish lagarto, from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus, from Latin lacerta — lizard; ablative singular of lacerta.

aligator (Romanian): alligator

Definitions

  1. alligator

Ancestry of “aligator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchalligatoralligator
2EnglishalligatorEither of two species of large amphibious...
3Englishalligater—
4Spanishlagartolizard; beer
5Old Spanishlagarto—
6Vulgar Latin*lacartum—
7LatinlacertusAlternative form of lacerta: a lizard; The...
8Latinlacertalizard; ablative singular of lacerta
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