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Where does “lobisón” come from?

lobisón (Spanish) comes from Portuguese lobisomem, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.

lobisón (Spanish): werewolf

Definitions

  1. werewolf

Ancestry of “lobisón”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueselobisomemwerewolf
2Latinhomō—
3Old Latinhemō—
4Proto-Italichemōman
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
7Proto-Indo-European-ōm—
8Proto-Indo-European-mi—
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