Where does “Lupus” come from?

Lupus comes from Latin lupus, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos, a word for wolf.

Lupus (English): A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra

Definitions

  1. A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra

Ancestry of “Lupus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLupusA Roman cognomen
2Proto-Italiclukʷos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “Lupus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →