Where does “gièrdula” come from?

gièrdula (Sicilian) comes from Italian lucertola, from Latin lacertula, from Latin lacerta — lizard; ablative singular of lacerta.

gièrdula (Sicilian): lizard

Definitions

  1. lizard

Ancestry of “gièrdula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlucertolalizard
2Latinlacertula—
3Latinlacertalizard; ablative singular of lacerta
Every word from Latin lacerta →Every word from Latin lacertula →Every word from Italian lucertola →