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Where does “lupuline” come from?

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

lupuline (English): An alkaloid extracted from hops

Definitions

  1. An alkaloid extracted from hops

Ancestry of “lupuline”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlupuswolf; an animal which acts in the savage manner...
2Proto-Italiclukʷos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
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