lampreda

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin lampreda, of uncertain origin: possibly from Late Latin lampetra, from a combination of Latin lambere (“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)

1. lamprey

Latin

Alternative forms

• lampredus
• lampetra
• lamprida
• lemprida

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from lambō (“I lick, lap”) +‎ petra (“stone, rock”), if the form lampetra is original and not a variant created because of folk etymology.

Noun

lamprēda f (genitive lamprēdae); first declension

1. lamprey

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lamprēda	lamprēdae
Genitive	lamprēdae	lamprēdārum
Dative	lamprēdae	lamprēdīs
Accusative	lamprēdam	lamprēdās
Ablative	lamprēdā	lamprēdīs
Vocative	lamprēda	lamprēdae

Descendants

• Old French: lamproie, lampereie, lamperye, lamprei, lampreye, laumprai, laumpreye
  • Middle French: lamproye, lamproie
    • French: lamproie
  • → Middle Dutch: lampereie
    • Dutch: lamprei
  • → Middle English: lamprey, lampray, laumprei
    • English: lamprey
• Italian: lampreda
• Portuguese: lampreia
• Spanish: lamprea
• → Proto-West Germanic: *lampredu (see there for further descendants)

References

• lampreda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)