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
Definitions
- snow leopard
Ancestry of “snow panther”, step by step
snow panther traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Panther
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | a panther |
| 5 | Portuguese | Onça | English or American ounce, a unit of mass equal to 28.35 g |
| 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 | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 16 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 17 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via English snow
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | snow | The frozen, crystalline state of water that falls... |
| 2 | Middle English | snow | snow; snow-white; The temperature where snow... |
| 3 | Old English | snāw | snow |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | snaiw | snow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | snaiwaz | snow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | snóygʷʰos | snow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sneygʷʰ- | to snow |