köken: Cross of lobagante (which is from Vulgar Latin *lucopante, from Ancient Greek λυκοπάνθηρος (lukopánthēros, “snow leopard”) because of the fierce appearance of its large claws) with bogar (from Latin vocāre (“to call”)) and avante (from Latin ab + ante).
köken: From earlier aligusta, most likely from Latin locusta (probably through a Vulgar Latin form lacusta), with partial concretion or agglutination and false deglutination of the preceding article. Compare the borrowed doublet locusta.
köken: Having taken its present shape in New Persian through a folk association with خر (xar, “large; donkey”) and چنگ (čang, “claw”), the word goes back to Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (klcng /karčang/) (𐫞𐫏𐫡𐫉𐫗𐫃 (qyrzng /karzang/)). The ultimate source is Old Iranian *karičanaka-, from Proto-Iranian *kar-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, scratch”). Related forms include Central…
köken: Later 19th century, at first in the form hummer. Ultimately from Old Norse humarr (“lobster”). The immediate source may be either German Hummer (16th c.) or directly from Dano-Norwegian hummer as many lobsters were caught off the coast of Norway.