Where does “volpone” come from?

volpone (Italian) comes from Italian volpe, from Latin vulpēs, from Latin volpēs, from Proto-Italic wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl(o)p- — fox, jackal.

volpone (Italian): old fox crafty person

Definitions

  1. old fox crafty person

Ancestry of “volpone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvolpefox, vixen; a crafty person
2Latinvulpēsa fox, vixen
3Latinvolpēs—
4Proto-Italicwolpisfox
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wl(o)p-fox, jackal

Words derived from “volpone”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl(o)p- →