Where does “lagadisa” come from?

lagadisa (Sranan Tongo) comes from Portuguese lagartixa, from Old Portuguese lagartixa.

lagadisa (Sranan Tongo): lizard

Definitions

  1. lizard

Ancestry of “lagadisa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueselagartixaa small lizard; any small, wall-crawling lizard...
2Old Portugueselagartixa—
Every word from Old Portuguese lagartixa →Every word from Portuguese lagartixa →