English
lacunar
Lacunar comes from Latin lacūnar ‘ceiling, coffered ceiling, a wainscotted and…’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElacūnar‘ceiling, coffered ceiling, a wainscotted and gilded ceiling of an unvaulted chamber’
- Englishearliest quotation 1845lacunar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElacūnar‘ceiling, coffered ceiling, a wainscotted and gilded ceiling of an unvaulted chamber’
- Englishearliest quotation 1845lacunar
Earliest quotation: 1845, Athenæum: “On the grounds of the coffers forming the lacunaria…”
first attested First attested in 1696 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in 1696.
Every English word from Latin lacūnar
Today it means
noun A sunken panel or coffer in a ceiling or a soffit; a ceiling containing panels of this kind.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lacūnar / lacunar