Where does “lionhead” come from?
lionhead (English) comes from English lion, from French Lion, from Italian Leone, from Spanish león, from Latin legiō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
lionhead (English): A lionhead rabbit; A lionhead cichlid
Definitions
- A lionhead rabbit; A lionhead cichlid
Ancestry of “lionhead”, step by step
lionhead traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lion | A big cat, "Panthera leo", native to Africa,... |
| 2 | French | Lion | Leo (constellation) |
| 3 | Italian | Leone | Leo |
| 4 | Spanish | león | lion; antlion; a brave person |
| 5 | Latin | legiō | A legion |
| 6 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 7 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English head
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | head | The part of the body of an animal or human which... |
| 2 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |