Lacustrine
/ləˈkʌstrɪn/noun
Relating to or associated with lakes.
Did you know?Lacustrine ultimately comes from Latin lacus, a word that also helped produce lacuna—meaning a gap, hollow, or missing space—linking water-filled basins with emptiness in the history of language.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*lókus
“Lake, pool, or body of standing water”
Classical Latin
Latin
lacus
“Lake, basin, pool, or reservoir”
Late Latin
Latin
lacustris
“Of or pertaining to a lake”
16th Century
French
lacustre
“Relating to lakes; borrowed from Latin”
17th Century
English
lacustrine
“Relating to lakes, especially in scientific description”
Modern English
English
lacustrine
“Associated with or formed in a lake”