Where does “Loup” come from?

Loup (French) comes from Middle French loup, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

Loup (French): Lupus constellation

Definitions

  1. Lupus constellation

Ancestry of “Loup”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchloupwolf
2LatinLupusA Roman cognomen
3Proto-Italiclukʷos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “Loup”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Italic lukʷos →Every word from Latin Lupus →