Where does “lyon” come from?
lyon (Antillean Creole) comes from French Lion, from Italian Leone, from Spanish león, from Latin legiō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
lyon (Antillean Creole): lion
Ancestry of “lyon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | Lion | — |
| 2 | Italian | Leone | Leo |
| 3 | Spanish | león | lion; antlion; a brave person |
| 4 | Latin | legiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | legō | — |
| 6 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |