Where does “lama” come from?
lama (Spanish) comes from Latin lama, from Latin lacma, from Proto-Indo-European lak-.
lama (Spanish): slime, mud; fine sand; moss
Definitions
- slime, mud; fine sand; moss
Ancestry of “lama”, step by step
lama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin lama
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | lama | slough, bog, fen |
| 2 | Latin | lacma | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | lak- | — |
via Tibetan བླ་མ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | བླ་མ | lama - an accomplished spiritual teacher, guru |
| 2 | Tibetan | མ | mother; goddess; negates the following verb in... |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | ma | no, not, negative, not have, none |
Words derived from “lama”