Where does “lobato” come from?
lobato (Spanish) comes from Spanish lobo, from Old Spanish lobo, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.
lobato (Spanish): a wolf cub, a wolfling
Ancestry of “lobato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | lobo | wolf; drunkenness |
| 2 | Old Spanish | lobo | — |
| 3 | Latin | Lupus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | lukʷos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wĺ̥kʷos | wolf |