Where does “lupoid” come from?

lupoid (English) comes from English Lupus, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

lupoid (English): Resembling the disease called lupus

Definitions

  1. Resembling the disease called lupus

Ancestry of “lupoid”, step by step

lupoid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Lupus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLupusA summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra
2LatinLupusA Roman cognomen
3Proto-Italiclukʷos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

via French lupoïde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlupoïde—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →