Where does “snow panther” come from?
snow panther (English) comes from English Panther, from Middle English pantere, from Old French pantere, from Latin panthēra, from Portuguese Onça, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza — to turn.
snow panther (English): snow leopard
Ancestry of “snow panther”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Panther | A member of the Black Panther Party, White... |
| 2 | Middle English | pantere | Alternative form of panter |
| 3 | Old French | pantere | panther |
| 4 | Latin | panthēra | — |
| 5 | Portuguese | Onça | — |
| 6 | Latin | uncia | The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The... |
| 7 | Old French | lonce | lynx |
| 8 | Italian | lonza | loin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to... |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | luncea | — |
| 10 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 12 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 13 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 14 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 15 | Latin | colō | — |
| 16 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 17 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | — |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |