English

Persian lynx

From Persian + lynx.

A compound of Persian + lynx

Old Persian Old Persian form

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Medieval Latin Persiānus

Italian persiano ‘Persian, Iranian’

Middle French persien

Middle English Persien ‘of or pertaining to Persia’

Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘white’

Proto-Hellenic *lúnks

Ancient Greek λύγξ

Latin lynx ‘a lynx’

Middle English lynx

English lynx

Today it means

noun Synonym of caracal (“type of cat”)

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

Etymograph / Persian lynx