lacus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a lake, pond, basin; reservoir
- a tank, tub, vat, sink
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *lakus inherited from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (pool, lake, pond).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lókus
Gloss
pool, lake, pond
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
湖
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- laccolith English
- lacuna English
- lough English
- lakustrinen Finnish
- *lacālis Latin
- Sublaqueum Latin
- lacrima Latin
- lacrimalis Latin
- lacūna Latin
- lama Latin
- Dallago Italian
- allagare Italian
- cunetta Italian
- dilagare Italian
- laccolite Italian
- lago Italian
- lagone Italian
- laguna Italian
- lac French
- lacune French
- lago Spanish, Castilian
- laguna Spanish, Castilian
- lama Spanish, Castilian
- λάκκος Ancient Greek
- *lak- Proto-Indo-European
- *lakw- Proto-Indo-European
- *lokus Proto-Indo-European
- *lókus Proto-Indo-European
- låg Norwegian Bokmål
- lacuna Portuguese
- lagar Portuguese
- lago Portuguese
- *laguz Proto-Germanic
- *lakō Proto-Germanic
- briskelog Norwegian Nynorsk
- einelog Norwegian Nynorsk
- einerlog Norwegian Nynorsk
- log Norwegian Nynorsk
- tjørelog Norwegian Nynorsk
- lagu Old English
- lagucræftig Old English
- lagustræt Old English
- lawe Middle English
- loch Irish
- lochán Irish
- *lagu Old Norse
- lǫg Old Norse
- lǫgr Old Norse
- *loky Proto-Slavic
- lac Old French
- lago Esperanto
- Llaguna Catalan, Valencian
- llac Catalan, Valencian
- llacuna Catalan, Valencian
- lögur Icelandic
- vínberjalögur Icelandic
- lago Galician
- lac Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- lacus lacrimalis Translingual
- lageto Ido
- lago Ido
- loch Old Irish
- loch Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- lac Norman
- liqen Albanian
- lagar Old Portuguese
- lago Old Portuguese
- lagõa Old Portuguese
- *lokus Proto-Celtic
- lac Aromanian
- lag Maltese
- lag Westrobothnian
- *lakus Proto-Italic
- lag Romansh
- lai Romansh
- laitg Romansh
- lej Romansh
- llagu Asturian
- llaguna Asturian
- lâc Friulian
- lacu Sicilian
- lagu Sicilian
- lach Venetian
- lac Dalmatian
- lagu Kabuverdianu
- lak Walloon
- lagu Sardinian
- laco Aragonese
- lèg Emilian