Where does “Guadeloupe” come from?
Guadeloupe comes from French Guadeloupe, which derives from Spanish Santa María de Guadalupe, a shrine in Spain for which the island was named.
Ancestry of “Guadeloupe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Guadeloupe | — |
| 2 | Spanish | Guadalupe | Guadalupe (island off Baja California) |
| 3 | Latin | Lupus | A Roman cognomen |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | lukʷos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wĺ̥kʷos | wolf |