lacuna
Meaninga gap
Common meaning: a gap
- lacuna hollow, gap, poolLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1028 · scan
- aLatin plural ending: things to be
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin lacūna ‘a hollow, gap, pool’.
Roots
- lacūna, -ae Latin “a hollow, gap, pool”
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