The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*lókus“lake, pool”
- Latin · derived fromlacūna“hole, pit; cavity, cleft, hollow, opening; gap, void”
- Italian · derived fromcunetta“cunette”
- French · borrowed fromcunette
- English todaycunette
From French cunette (possibly also lacunette), from Italian cunetta (“cunette”), said to be from lacunetta, diminutive of lacuna (“ditch; lagoon; gap”), from Latin lacūna (“hole, pit; cavity, cleft, hollow, opening; gap, void”), from lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).
Words from the same roots
Latinlacūna all →
lagoonlacunalagune
Proto-Indo-European*lókus all →
laylough
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.