Where does “leonine” come from?

Leonine comes from Latin leoninus, an adjective formed with the suffix -inus from Ancient Greek λέων, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots *-iHnos and *-no-.

leonine (English): Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion; A...

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion; A...

Ancestry of “leonine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishleonin—
2Latinleoninusleonine; of or pertaining to a lion
3Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
4Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
5Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
6Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “leonine”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Proto-Italic -īnos →
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