Where does “Lycaon” come from?

Lycaon (Translingual) comes from Latin Lycaon, from Ancient Greek λυκάων, from Ancient Greek Λύκος, from Proto-Hellenic *lúkos — wolf.

Lycaon (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Lycaon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLycaonA king of Arcadia turned into a wolf by Zeus
2Ancient Greekλυκάωνwolves
3Ancient GreekΛύκοςwolf
4Proto-Hellenic*lúkoswolf
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *lúkos →Every word from Ancient Greek Λύκος →Every word from Ancient Greek λυκάων →