Where does “panthère-garou” come from?

panthère-garou (French) comes from French panthère, from Latin panthēra, from Portuguese Onça, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea, from Latin lynx — to turn.

panthère-garou (French): werepanther

Definitions

  1. werepanther

Ancestry of “panthère-garou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpanthèrepanther
2Latinpanthēraa panther
3PortugueseOnçaEnglish or American ounce, a unit of mass equal to 28.35 g
4LatinunciaThe twelfth part of something; twelfth; The...
5Old Frenchloncelynx
6Italianlonzaloin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to...
7Vulgar Latinluncea
8LatinlynxA lynx
9Ancient Greekλύγξlynx; hiccup
10LatincanadensisCanadian
11Latin-ensisOf or from
12Latinarvumfield; farm land
13Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
14Latinquelō
15Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
16Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
17Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-