English
lupus
Lupus comes from Latin lupus ‘wolf’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElupus‘wolf’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElupus‘wolf’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015same form
Earliest quotation: 2015, 00:05:15 from the start, Conan O'Brien (actor): “You like the name quesalupa? That is a little…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos ‘wolf’
through Latin lupus ‘wolf’
Today it means
noun Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lupus / lupus