Where does “langostino” come from?

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

langostino (Spanish): prawn

Definitions

  1. prawn

Ancestry of “langostino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlangostalobster; locust
2Old Spanishlangostalocust
3Vulgar Latinlacustalocust, grasshopper; crustacean, marine...
4Latinlocustalocust, grasshopper; crustacean, marine...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

Words derived from “langostino”

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