Where does “lobotomia” come from?

lobotomia (Italian) comes from Spanish lobo, from Old Spanish lobo, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

lobotomia (Italian): lobotomy

Definitions

  1. lobotomy

Ancestry of “lobotomia”, step by step

lobotomia traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish lobo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlobowolf; drunkenness
2Old Spanishlobowolf
3LatinLupusA Roman cognomen
4Proto-Italiclukʷos
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

via Portuguese lobo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueselobowolf; lobe
2Old Portugueselobo
3Latinlupuswolf; an animal which acts in the savage manner...

via Italian lobo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlobolobe

Words derived from “lobotomia

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷosEvery word from Proto-Italic lukʷosEvery word from Latin Lupus