Where does “loup” come from?

loup (Middle French) comes from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

loup (Middle French): wolf

Definitions

  1. wolf

Ancestry of “loup”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLupusA Roman cognomen
2Proto-Italiclukʷos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “loup”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Italic lukʷos →Every word from Latin Lupus →
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