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Where does “lupara” come from?

lupara (Italian) comes from Italian lupo, from Latin lupum, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

lupara (Italian): The content of a particular type of shotgun...

Definitions

  1. The content of a particular type of shotgun...

Ancestry of “lupara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlupowolf
2Latinlupumaccusative singular of lupus
3LatinLupus—
4Proto-Italiclukʷos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “lupara”

  • lupara bianca
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