Where does “lobectomia” come from?

lobectomia (Italian) comes from Portuguese lobo, from Old Portuguese lobo, from Latin lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

lobectomia (Italian): lobectomy

Definitions

  1. lobectomy

Ancestry of “lobectomia”, step by step

lobectomia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese lobo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueselobowolf; lobe
2Old Portugueselobo
3Latinlupuswolf; an animal which acts in the savage manner...
4Proto-Italiclukʷos
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

via Italian lobo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlobolobe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷosEvery word from Proto-Italic lukʷosEvery word from Latin lupus