Etymology

lacuna

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Today it means: A small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in bone. Full definition →

Latin lacūna ← Proto-Italic *lakus ← Proto-Indo-European *lókus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*lókus
  2. Proto-Italic*lakus
  3. Latinlacus
  4. Latin*lacūnus
  5. Latinlacūna
  6. English todaylacuna

Learned borrowing from Latin lacūna (“a ditch, pit; a hollow, cavity; a gap, defect”). Doublet of lacune and lagoon.

Words from the same roots

Latinlacūna all →

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