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lamento m. (Noun) "lament," "wail" 16th cent. From Latin lamentum "lament." From Proto-Italic *lāmnto- "howl." From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂-mn̥-to- 'id.' From the root *leh₂- "to howl." Indo-European Romance Portuguese lamento Italic Latin latrare "to bark" (< *leh₂-tro- "barking") Germanic Gothic lailoun "the scolded" Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic lajati "to scold," Russian lájat' "to bark," Polish łajać 'id.,' Slovene lȃjati 'id.,' Lithuanian lóti 'id.' Armenian Armenian "to wail" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit rā́yati "to bark," Young Avestan -raiiaṇt- "shouting" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
lana f. (Noun) "wool" 13th cent. From Latin lana 'id.' From Proto-Italic *wlānā- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *h₂u̯lh₁-neh₂- "wool," literally "pluckings." From the root *h₂u̯elh₁- "to pluck." Indo-European Romance Asturian llana, Portuguese la, Galician la, Catalan llana, French laine, Italian lana, Aromanian lãnã, Romanian lână, Sardinian lana Italic Latin vellus "fleece" (< *Hu̯elh₁-no-) Celtic Middle Irish olann "wool," Old Welsh gulan 'id.,' Middle Breton glan 'id.,' Old Cornish gluan 'id.' Germanic Gothic wulla 'id.,' Old Norse ull 'id.,' Old High German wolla 'id.,' Old English wull (English wool) Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic vlьna 'id.,' Russian vólna, Old Prussian wilna "skirt," Lithuanian vìlna "wool," Latvian vil̃na 'id.' Hellenic Ancient Greek λῆνος (lênos) "wool" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit ū́rṇā- "wool," Avestan varənā- 'id.' Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
lardo m. (Noun) "animal fat;" "lard" From Latin lardum "lard," a syncope of earlier laridum. Probably borrowed from Ancient Greek λαρινός (larinos) "fat" - though the change from -n- in Greek to -d- is odd - which was derived from λαρός (laros) "pleasing," "sweet." Of unknown origin. Perhaps borrowed from another language. The feminine larda, meaning "animal fat" but not "lard," is derived from lardo. Beekes, R. S. P. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
larga f. (Noun) "dilation;" "pool cue;" "instrument to lengthen shoes" All feminized nominal derivations of the adjective largo. Also the origin of the surnames Largo, Larga, Largacha and Largoza. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Tibón, G. Diccionario etimológico comparado de los apellidos españoles, hispanoamericanos y filipinos. Editorial Diana: Mexico. 1988.
largar (Verb) "to release;" "to slacken" 15th cent. From largo. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
largo (Adjective) "long" 12th cent. From Latin largus 'id.' Of unknown origin. Indo-European Romance Asturian llargu, Portuguese largo, Galician largo, Catalan llarg, French large, Italian largo, Aromanian largu, Romanian larg, Sardinian lalgu Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
lástima f. (Noun) "pity" 16th cent. From Vulgar Latin *blastema "lament," "hurt," but originally "blasphemy;" from *blastemare "to blaspheme" (see lastimar). Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
lastimar (Verb) "to hurt" Late 15th cent. From Vulgar Latin *blastemare "to injure," but originally "to blaspheme." The sense evolution is from a blasphemy to a curse; later a curse intended to harm, then to the harm itself. From Latin blasphemare "to blaspheme." The word was re-introduced in Spanish as blasfemar. Indo-European Romance Portuguese lastimar, Galician , Catalan blasmar, French blâmer, Italian bestemmiare, Aromanian blastim, Romanian blestema, Sardinian fraltimare Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
lata f. (Noun) "can," "tin can;" "annoyance" In the modern sense of "can," first attested in the 18th cent. But since the 15th cent. meaning "stick" or "strip of wood;" the latter meaning gradually evolving into "strip of tin" and then into its modern meanings. From Vulgar Latin *latta "lath," "stick." Either borrowed from Proto-West-Germanic *lattō- "board," "slat" or both *latta and *lattō- were borrowed from the same source. Ultimately from an unknown language. Indo-European Romance Portuguese lata, Galician lata, Catalan llata, French latte, Italian latta Germanic Old English lætt, Frisian latte, Middle Dutch latte, Old High German lazza, latta Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
latido m. (Noun) "heart beat;" "painful throbbing sensation;" "yelp (of a dog)" 14th cent. From latir. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.