Where does “lion” come from?
Lion comes from Middle English leon, from Old French lion, from Latin leo, from Ancient Greek λέων, ultimately related to Latin lego and Latin lex.
lion (English): A big cat, "Panthera leo", native to Africa,...
Definitions
- A big cat, "Panthera leo", native to Africa,...
Ancestry of “lion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | Lion | — |
| 2 | Italian | Leone | Leo |
| 3 | Spanish | león | lion; antlion; a brave person |
| 4 | Latin | legiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | legō | — |
| 6 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
Words derived from “lion”