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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

  1. clouded leopard

Ancestry of “pantera-nebulosa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepanterapanther
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →