English
lomas
Lomas comes from Spanish loma ‘hills’, from lomo ‘back’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘to enter, penetrate, expand’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lendʰ-‘to enter, penetrate, expand’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElumbus‘loin’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentlomo‘back’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentlomaas lomas‘hills’
- Englishtodaylomas
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lendʰ-‘to enter, penetrate, expand’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElumbus‘loin’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentlomo‘back’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentlomaas lomas‘hills’
- Englishtodaylomas
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘to enter, penetrate, expand’
land, lawn, lend, lasagna, 12 more
through Latin lumbus ‘loin’
Today it means
noun Fog oases, areas of fog-watered vegetation in the coastal desert of Peru and northern Chile
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- / lomas