Noun: linterna
Gender: f
Hyphenation: lin‧ter‧na
| Singular f | linterna |
| Plural f | linternas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like linterna
enlatadora,
gencianilla,
paletada,
interneurona,
palestra,
quinacridona,
uridina,
bacinilla,
sopaipilla,
histerectomía,
desaveniencia,
baicaleína,
mesanina,
delicatessen,
hipertrigliceridemia,
teleasistencia,
sequía,
serifa,
seroja,
sesera, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Ancient Greek λᾰ́μπω (lắmpō)
3. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
4. Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr)
5. Ancient Greek λᾰμπτήρ (lămptḗr)bor.
6. ▲
7. Latin lucernainflu.
8. Latin lanternalbor.
9. Old Spanish lanterna
10. ▲
11. Spanish internoinflu.
12. Spanish linterna
13. Inherited from Old Spanish lanterna, a learned borrowing from Latin lanterna. The change of the first vowel is explained by influence from interna (“internal”) due to light coming out of the inside of a lantern. See: Latin Nouns '
lanterna'.
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