Where does “lycose” come from?

lycose (French) comes from Translingual Lycosa, from Latin lycos, from Ancient Greek Λύκος, from Proto-Hellenic *lúkos — wolf.

lycose (French): wolf spider

Definitions

  1. wolf spider

Ancestry of “lycose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualLycosagenus
2Latinlycoswolf spider
3Ancient GreekΛύκοςwolf
4Proto-Hellenic*lúkoswolf
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *lúkos →Every word from Ancient Greek Λύκος →Every word from Latin lycos →