lake
Significado (English)
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- A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.
- A large amount of liquid; as, a wine lake.
- A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.
- (obsolete) A pit, or ditch.
Conceptos
Synonyms
lago
small lake
lacus
i arge stretch of water
metal binding at ends of spear shaft
pool of water
deep pool
large pond
water basin
large sheet of water
inland lake
flooded area
large lake
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/leɪk/
Etimología (English)
In summary
Arose from a conflation of the form of inherited Middle English lake (“small stream of running water, pool, lake”) with Middle English lac (“lake”), from Old French lac (“lake”) or Latin lacus (“lake, basin, tank”), see lac. The former, lake (“stream, pool, lake”), is inherited from Old English lacu (“stream, pool, expanse of water, lake”), from Proto-West Germanic *laku, from Proto-Germanic *lakō (“stream, pool, water aggregation”), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *leg- (“to leak, drain”). It is related to Dutch laak (“stream, drainage ditch, pond”), German Low German Lake, Laak (“drainage, marshland”), German Lache (“puddle”), Icelandic lækur (“stream”). Despite their similarity in form and meaning, Old English lacu is not related to English lay (“lake”), Latin lacus (“hollow, lake, pond”), Scottish Gaelic loch (“lake”), Ancient Greek λάκκος (lákkos, “waterhole, tank, pond, pit”), all from Proto-Indo-European *lókus, *l̥kwés (“lake, pool”).
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