Where does “panthēra” come from?
panthēra (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.
panthēra (Latin): a panther
Definitions
- a panther
Ancestry of “panthēra”, step by step
panthēra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese Onça
| 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 |
via Ancient Greek πάνθηρ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | πάνθηρ | panther |