Where does “pantere” come from?
pantere (Middle English) comes from Old French pantere, from Latin panthēra, from Portuguese Onça, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea, from Latin lynx — to turn.
pantere (Middle English): Alternative form of panter
Definitions
- Alternative form of panter
Ancestry of “pantere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | pantere | panther |
| 2 | Latin | panthēra | a panther |
| 3 | Portuguese | Onça | English or American ounce, a unit of mass equal to 28.35 g |
| 4 | Latin | uncia | The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The... |
| 5 | Old French | lonce | lynx |
| 6 | Italian | lonza | loin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to... |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | luncea | — |
| 8 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 10 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 11 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 12 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 13 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 14 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |