English
Lara
Lara comes from Russian Ла́ра.
- RussianmodernЛа́раLára
- Englishearliest quotation 2014Lara
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- RussianmodernЛа́раLára
- Englishearliest quotation 2014Lara
Earliest quotation: 2014, Yiyun Li, Kinder Than Solitude: A Novel: “Long after the divorce, Moran maintained the habit of…”
The story
Anglicized from Russian Ла́ра (Lára), a Russian pet form of Larissa, known from the novel (1957) and film (1965) Dr Zhivago.
Every English word from Russian Ла́ра
Today it means
name A suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Russian Ла́ра / Lara