Alligator
German (Berlin)
/ˌaliˈɡaːtoːɐ̯/
noun
Definitions
- alligator animal
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian el lagarto (lizard) derived from Latin lacertus (lizard, upper arm, limb, arm).
Origin
Latin
lacertus
Gloss
lizard, upper arm, limb, arm
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
肢
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alligator English
- lacertus English
- *lacartus Latin
- lacertus Latin
- aligátor Hungarian
- aligátorok Hungarian
- lacerto Italian
- lucertolo Italian
- lacerte French
- el Spanish, Castilian
- el lagarto Spanish, Castilian
- laghairt Irish
- lacerte Old French
- lesard Old French
- lezart Old French
- lacerto Esperanto
- laghairt Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- lusard xno
- lačas Dalmatian
- lezèrd Franco-Provençal