Reconstruction:Latin/lacartum

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Alteration of lacertus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈɡartu/

Noun

*lacartum m (plural *lacartōs) (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

1. lizard

Descendants

• Old Catalan:
  • Catalan: llagart
• Old Galician-Portuguese: lagarto
  • Fala: lagartu
  • Galician: lagarto
  • Portuguese: lagarto (see there for further descendants)
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: llagartu
• Old Spanish: lagarto
  • Spanish: lagarto (see there for further descendants)

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “lagarto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 556