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Where does “Panthera” come from?

Panthera (Translingual) comes from Latin panthēra, from Portuguese Onça, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ — to turn.

Panthera (Translingual): leopard

Definitions

  1. leopard

Ancestry of “Panthera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpanthēra—
2PortugueseOnça—
3LatinunciaThe twelfth part of something; twelfth; The...
4Old Frenchloncelynx
5Italianlonzaloin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to...
6Vulgar Latinluncea—
7LatinlynxA lynx
8Ancient Greekλύγξlynx; hiccup
9LatincanadensisCanadian
10Latin-ensisOf or from
11Latinarvumfield; farm land
12Latincolō—
13Latinquelō—
14Proto-Italickʷelō—
15Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
16Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “Panthera”

  • Pantherinae
  • Panthera tigris
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