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Where does “タイゴン” come from?

タイゴン (Japanese) comes from English tigon, from English lion, from French Lion, from Italian Leone, from Spanish león, from Latin legiō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

タイゴン (Japanese): a tigon

Definitions

  1. a tigon

Ancestry of “タイゴン”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtigonA cross between a male tiger and a lioness
2EnglishlionA big cat, "Panthera leo", native to Africa,...
3FrenchLion—
4ItalianLeoneLeo
5Spanishleónlion; antlion; a brave person
6Latinlegiō—
7Latinlegō—
8Latinlēx—
9Proto-Italiclēg-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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