The story
- Latin · derived fromlacertus“lizard”
- Spanish · derived fromel
- English todayalligator
] From early Modern English alligater, alligarta, aligarto, alegarto, alagarto, from Spanish el lagarto (“the lizard”), from Latin lacertus (“lizard”), modern spelling possibly influenced by the unrelated Latin alligator (“one who binds”).
Words from the same roots
Spanishel all →
elEl Centroel cheapoEl Granada
Latinlacertus all →
lizardlacertus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.