Where does “pantherishly” come from?
pantherishly (English) comes from English pantherish, from English Panther, from Middle English pantere, from Old French pantere, from Latin panthēra, from Portuguese Onça, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce — to turn.
pantherishly (English): In a pantherish manner
Definitions
- In a pantherish manner
Ancestry of “pantherishly”, step by step
pantherishly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pantherish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pantherish | Like a panther; catlike |
| 2 | English | Panther | A member of the Black Panther Party, White... |
| 3 | Middle English | pantere | Alternative form of panter |
| 4 | Old French | pantere | panther |
| 5 | Latin | panthēra | a panther |
| 6 | Portuguese | Onça | English or American ounce, a unit of mass equal to 28.35 g |
| 7 | Latin | uncia | The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The... |
| 8 | Old French | lonce | lynx |
| 9 | Italian | lonza | loin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to... |
| 10 | Vulgar Latin | luncea | — |
| 11 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 13 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 14 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 15 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 16 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 17 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 18 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |