Where does “langosta” come from?

langosta (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish langosta, from Vulgar Latin lacusta, from Latin locusta, from Proto-Indo-European lēk- — string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

langosta (Spanish): lobster; locust

Definitions

  1. lobster; locust

Ancestry of “langosta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishlangostalocust
2Vulgar Latinlacustalocust, grasshopper; crustacean, marine...
3Latinlocustalocust, grasshopper; crustacean, marine...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

Words derived from “langosta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lēk- →Every word from Latin locusta →Every word from Vulgar Latin lacusta →