Where does “lupanar” come from?

lupanar (Portuguese) comes from Latin lupānar, from Latin lupa, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

lupanar (Portuguese): brothel

Definitions

  1. brothel

Ancestry of “lupanar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlupānarbrothel, whore-house
2Latinlupashe-wolf; prostitute
3LatinLupusA Roman cognomen
4Proto-Italiclukʷos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Italic lukʷos →Every word from Latin Lupus →