Where does “lupanar” come from?

lupanar (French) comes from Latin lupānar, from Latin lupa, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

lupanar (French): A brothel

Definitions

  1. A brothel

Ancestry of “lupanar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlupānarbrothel, whore-house
2Latinlupashe-wolf; prostitute
3LatinLupusA Roman cognomen
4Proto-Italiclukʷos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “lupanar”

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