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Where does “panter” come from?

panter (Turkish) comes from French panthère, from Latin panthēra, from Portuguese Onça, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea, from Latin lynx — to turn.

panter (Turkish): panther

Definitions

  1. panther

Ancestry of “panter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpanthèrepanther
2Latinpanthēra—
3PortugueseOnça—
4LatinunciaThe twelfth part of something; twelfth; The...
5Old Frenchloncelynx
6Italianlonzaloin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to...
7Vulgar Latinluncea—
8LatinlynxA lynx
9Ancient Greekλύγξlynx; hiccup
10LatincanadensisCanadian
11Latin-ensisOf or from
12Latinarvumfield; farm land
13Latincolō—
14Latinquelō—
15Proto-Italickʷelō—
16Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
17Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
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