Where does “sea lion” come from?
sea lion (English) comes from English lion, from French Lion, from Italian Leone, from Spanish león, from Latin legiō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
sea lion (English): A marine mammal of any of several genera in the...
Definitions
- A marine mammal of any of several genera in the...
Ancestry of “sea lion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | lion | A big cat, "Panthera leo", native to Africa,... |
| 2 | French | Lion | — |
| 3 | Italian | Leone | Leo |
| 4 | Spanish | león | lion; antlion; a brave person |
| 5 | Latin | legiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | legō | — |
| 7 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |