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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

  1. Alternative form of panter

Ancestry of “pantere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpanterepanther
2Latinpanthēra—
3PortugueseOnça—
4LatinunciaThe twelfth part of something; twelfth; The...
5Old Frenchloncelynx
6Italianlonzaloin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to...
7Vulgar Latinluncea—
8LatinlynxA lynx
9Ancient Greekλύγξlynx; hiccup
10LatincanadensisCanadian
11Latin-ensisOf or from
12Latinarvumfield; farm land
13Latincolō—
14Latinquelō—
15Proto-Italickʷelō—
16Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
17Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “pantere”

  • panther
  • pantherine
  • pantherlike
  • pantherish
  • pantheress
  • werepanther
  • snow panther
  • pantherishly
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