Etymology Explorer › Old Spanish

Where does “lobo” come from?

lobo (Old Spanish) comes from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

Ancestry of “lobo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLupus—
2Proto-Italiclukʷos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
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