English
Lagos
Lagos comes from Portuguese Lagos.
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentLagos
- Englishearliest quotation 2020same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentLagos
- Englishearliest quotation 2020same form
Earliest quotation: 2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice: “‘Lagos is just a noise-making place with too much…”
The story
Borrowed from Portuguese Lagos, either from lagos (literally “lakes”) or after the Portuguese city. Piecewise doublet of Lakes.
Every English word from Portuguese Lagos
Another origin of Lagos
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentLagos
- Englishtodaysame form
Borrowed from Portuguese Lagos, from Old Galician-Portuguese Lagos, clipping of Latin Lacobriga, influenced by lagos (‘lakes’).
Today it means
name The largest city and former capital of Nigeria, in Lagos State.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Portuguese Lagos / Lagos