Where does “felicide” come from?
felicide (English) comes from Latin fēlis, from Portuguese Onça, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ — to turn.
felicide (English): The killing of a cat, catslaughter
Definitions
- The killing of a cat, catslaughter
Ancestry of “felicide”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | fēlis | Former constellation between Antlia and Hydra |
| 2 | Portuguese | Onça | English or American ounce, a unit of mass equal to 28.35 g |
| 3 | Latin | uncia | The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The... |
| 4 | Old French | lonce | lynx |
| 5 | Italian | lonza | loin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to... |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | luncea | — |
| 7 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 9 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 10 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 11 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 12 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 13 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |