Etymograph

English

lagune

Lagune comes from French lagune ‘lagoon, shallow body of coastal water’, from Latin lacūna ‘a hole, pit, ditch’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lókus.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lókusreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lakus‘lake’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElacus‘lake, pond’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CE*lacūnusreconstructed
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElacūna‘a hole, pit, ditch’
  6. Venetanmodernlaguna
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentlagune‘lagoon, shallow body of coastal water’
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lókusreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lakus‘lake’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElacus‘lake, pond’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CE*lacūnusreconstructed
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElacūna‘a hole, pit, ditch’
  6. Venetanmodernlaguna
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentlagune‘lagoon, shallow body of coastal water’
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *lókus

loch, lough, 5 more

through Latin lacus ‘lake, pond’

lacustrine, 3 more

through Latin lacūna ‘a hole, pit, ditch’

lacuna, 5 more

through French lagune ‘lagoon, shallow body of coastal water’

lagoon

Today it means

noun Dated spelling of lagoon.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lókus / lagune

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