laca
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- lacquer
- hair spray
Etymology
Derived from Latin lacca (tumour in the leg of a horse) derived from Persian لاک derived from Hindi लाख derived from Sanskrit लाक्षा (a species of plant).
Origin
Sanskrit
लाक्षा
Gloss
a species of plant
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lacquer English
- lacquerable English
- lacquerer English
- lacquerless English
- lacquerlike English
- lacquerware English
- lacquerwork English
- lakh English
- relacquer English
- lacca Latin
- Lack German
- lacque French
- laque French
- laquear Spanish, Castilian
- *Hlak- Proto-Indo-European
- *laḱs- Proto-Indo-European
- laca Portuguese
- लक्ष Sanskrit
- लाक्षा Sanskrit
- لك Arabic
- لَكّ Arabic
- लाख Hindi
- lacón Galician
- لاک Persian
- แล็กเกอร์ Thai
- лак Bulgarian
- 蠟克 Chinese
- لك Omani Arabic