Where does “pantera-nebulosa” come from?
pantera-nebulosa (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese pantera, 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.
pantera-nebulosa (Portuguese): clouded leopard
Definitions
- clouded leopard
Ancestry of “pantera-nebulosa”, step by step
pantera-nebulosa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese pantera
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | pantera | 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 |
via Portuguese nebulosa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | nebulosa | feminine singular of nebuloso; a nebula |