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): wolf; bass; mask, eyemask

Definitions

  1. wolf; bass; mask, eyemask

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 →