Where does “loup de mer” come from?

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

loup de mer (French): seadog, old salt, sea bass

Definitions

  1. seadog, old salt, sea bass

Ancestry of “loup de mer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchloupwolf; bass; mask, eyemask
2Middle Frenchloupwolf
3LatinLupusA Roman cognomen
4Proto-Italiclukʷos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Italic lukʷos →Every word from Latin Lupus →