Where does “lupus” come from?

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

lupus (Italian): lupus

Definitions

  1. lupus

Ancestry of “lupus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLupusA Roman cognomen
2Proto-Italiclukʷos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Italic lukʷos →Every word from Latin Lupus →