Where does “fēlis” come from?
fēlis (Latin) comes from Portuguese Onça, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ, from Latin canadensis — to turn.
fēlis (Latin): Former constellation between Antlia and Hydra
Definitions
- Former constellation between Antlia and Hydra
Ancestry of “fēlis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Onça | English or American ounce, a unit of mass equal to 28.35 g |
| 2 | Latin | uncia | The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The... |
| 3 | Old French | lonce | lynx |
| 4 | Italian | lonza | loin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | luncea | — |
| 6 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 8 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 9 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 10 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 11 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 12 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |