Where does “lupanar” come from?

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

lupanar (Romanian): brothel

Definitions

  1. brothel

Ancestry of “lupanar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchlupanarA brothel
2Latinlupānarbrothel, whore-house
3Latinlupashe-wolf; prostitute
4LatinLupusA Roman cognomen
5Proto-Italiclukʷos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Italic lukʷos →Every word from Latin Lupus →