Where does “louveteau-garou” come from?
louveteau-garou (French) comes from French louveteau, from French -eau, from Middle French -eau, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
louveteau-garou (French): werewolf cub or pup
Definitions
- werewolf cub or pup
Ancestry of “louveteau-garou”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | louveteau | wolf cub; Cub Scout, Cub, Wolf Cub |
| 2 | French | -eau | forming diminutive masculine nouns, especially... |
| 3 | Middle French | -eau | forms diminutives |
| 4 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |