English
lentigo
Lentigo comes from Latin lentīgo ‘freckle, lentil-shaped spot’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElentīgo‘freckle, lentil-shaped spot’
- Englishearliest quotation 1955lentigo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElentīgo‘freckle, lentil-shaped spot’
- Englishearliest quotation 1955lentigo
Earliest quotation: 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita: “[…] too much lentigo camouflaged her rosy rustic features…”
The story
Earliest attestation as Late Middle English lentigines (plural).
Every English word from Latin lentīgo
Today it means
noun A brown pigmented spot on the skin.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lentīgo / lentigo