Words that come from Proto-Italic “lukʷos”

217 words across 51 languages descend from Proto-Italic lukʷos — including lieutenant, lieu, milieu, lupus, Guadalupe, Lupus, lupine, lupin.

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English (31)

Latin (16)

French (15)

Spanish (15)

Italian (13)

Swedish (11)

Dutch (9)

Finnish (9)

Portuguese (8)

Esperanto (7)

Norwegian Bokmål (7)

Norwegian Nynorsk (7)

Old French (5)

Volapük (4)

Romanian (4)

Middle French (3)

Catalan (3)

Translingual (3)

Ligurian (3)

Aromanian (3)

German (3)

Friulian (2)

Sicilian (2)

Galician (2)

Estonian (2)

Venetian (2)

Irish (2)

Russian (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Aragonese (1)

Tagalog (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Maltese (1)

Neapolitan (1)

Asturian (1)

Danish (1)

Emilian (1)

Chinese (1)

Istro-Romanian (1)

Seychellois Creole (1)

Franco-Provençal (1)

Walloon (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)

Swahili (1)

Lower Sorbian (1)

Occitan (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Romansch (1)

Cebuano (1)

Medieval Latin (1)

Late Latin (1)