Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “Loup” come from?

Loup (English) comes from French Loup, from Middle French loup, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

Ancestry of “Loup”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchLoup—
2Middle Frenchloupwolf
3LatinLupus—
4Proto-Italiclukʷos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →