Where does “lăcustă” come from?
lăcustă (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin lacusta, from Latin locusta, from Proto-Indo-European lēk- — string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...
lăcustă (Romanian): locust; grasshopper
Ancestry of “lăcustă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | lacusta | locust, grasshopper; crustacean, marine... |
| 2 | Latin | locusta | locust, grasshopper; crustacean, marine... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | lēk- | string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of... |