Where does “megafelid” come from?
megafelid (English) comes from English felid, from New Latin Felidae, from Latin fēlis, from Portuguese Onça, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea — to turn.
megafelid (English): big cat
Definitions
- big cat
Ancestry of “megafelid”, step by step
megafelid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English felid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | felid | Any member of the cat family |
| 2 | New Latin | Felidae | — |
| 3 | Latin | fēlis | Former constellation between Antlia and Hydra |
| 4 | Portuguese | Onça | English or American ounce, a unit of mass equal to 28.35 g |
| 5 | Latin | uncia | The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The... |
| 6 | Old French | lonce | lynx |
| 7 | Italian | lonza | loin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to... |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | luncea | — |
| 9 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 11 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 12 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 13 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 14 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 15 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |