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Where does “lupo” come from?

lupo (Esperanto) comes from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

lupo (Esperanto): wolf

Definitions

  1. wolf

Ancestry of “lupo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLupus—
2Proto-Italiclukʷos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “lupo”

  • lupido
  • lupfantomo
  • lupino
  • homlupo
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