Where does “lacra” come from?
lacra (Spanish) comes from Spanish lacre, from Portuguese lacre, from Portuguese laca, from Persian لاک, from Urdu لاکھ, from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔, from Sanskrit लक्ष, from Sanskrit लक्ष् — to protect.
lacra (Spanish): fault, defect; bane; blot
Definitions
- fault, defect; bane; blot
Ancestry of “lacra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | lacre | sealing wax |
| 2 | Portuguese | lacre | seal |
| 3 | Portuguese | laca | lake; lac |
| 4 | Persian | لاک | — |
| 5 | Urdu | لاکھ | lakh, lac |
| 6 | Maharastri Prakrit | 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔 | — |
| 7 | Sanskrit | लक्ष | a mark, sign, token; a mark to aim at, target,... |
| 8 | Sanskrit | लक्ष् | perceive, observe; recognise; to mark, sign |
| 9 | Sanskrit | रक्ष् | to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hrakṣ- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hrakš- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂lek- | to protect |
Words derived from “lacra”