English

leopardess

From leopard + ess.

A compound of leopard + ess

Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος ‘leopon, lipard’

Late Latin leopardus ‘leopon, lipard’

Old French leopard

Middle English leopard

Proto-Germanic *atiska- ‘grainfield’

English ess

Today it means

noun A female leopard.

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

Etymograph / leopardess