Etymograph

English

Lupus

Lupus comes from Latin lupus ‘wolf’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElupus‘wolf’
  2. EnglishtodayLupus

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElupus‘wolf’
  2. EnglishtodayLupus

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos ‘wolf’

wolf, lupine, 11 more

through Latin lupus ‘wolf’

lobo, loafer, lupin, 5 more

Today it means

name A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin lupus / Lupus

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