lagoon

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral

2. 2
   noun

   A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.

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Simplified etymology

Lagoon entered English in the early 17th century through Spanish and Italian laguna. Those forms developed from Latin lacuna, a small pool or basin, itself related to lacus, “basin, pool, lake.”

Borrowed from French lagune, from Italian laguna, from Latin lacuna. Related to Old English lagu via Proto-Indo-European. Doublet of lacuna and lacune.

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