lampreda

== Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin lampreda, of uncertain origin: possibly from Late Latin lampetra, from a combination of Latin lambere (“to lick”) + petra (“stone”). Compare Spanish lamprea, French lamproie, Portuguese lampreia. However see also Gaulish naupreda. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lamˈprɛ.da/ Rhymes: -ɛda Hyphenation: lam‧prè‧da === Noun === lampreda f (plural lamprede) lamprey === References === == Latin == === Alternative forms === lampredus lampetra lamprida lemprida === Etymology === Unknown. Possibly from lambō (“to lick, lap”) +‎ petra (“stone, rock”), if the form lampetra is original and not a variant created through folk etymology. === Noun === lamprēda f (genitive lamprēdae); first declension lamprey ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Old French: lamproie, lampereie, lamperye, lamprei, lampreye, laumprai, laumpreyeMiddle French: lamproye, lamproieFrench: lamproie→ Middle Dutch: lampereieDutch: lamprei→ Middle English: lamprey, lampray, laumpreiEnglish: lamprey Italian: lampreda Portuguese: lampreia Spanish: lamprea → Proto-West Germanic: *lampredu (see there for further descendants) === References === "lampreda", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)