Where does “lupus” come from?

Lupus comes from Latin lupus, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos, a word for wolf.

lupus (English): Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most...

Definitions

  1. Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most...

Ancestry of “lupus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlupuswolf; an animal which acts in the savage manner...
2Proto-Italiclukʷos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Italic lukʷos →Every word from Latin lupus →