English
langouste
Langouste comes from French langouste ‘spiny lobster’, from Old French langouste ‘grasshopper’, and ultimately from Latin locusta.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElocusta‘a grasshopper or locust’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CElacusta
- Old Occitanc. 950–1500langosta
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400langouste‘grasshopper’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘spiny lobster’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElocusta‘a grasshopper or locust’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CElacusta
- Old Occitanc. 950–1500langosta
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400langouste‘grasshopper’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘spiny lobster’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin lacertus ‘upper arm’
through Latin lacerta ‘lizard’
through Latin locusta ‘a grasshopper or locust’
Today it means
noun The spiny lobster
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin locusta / langouste