English
lycanthrope
Lycanthrope comes from Ancient Greek λυκάνθρωπος ‘werewolf, lycanthrope’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλυκάνθρωποςlukánthrōpos‘werewolf, lycanthrope’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElycanthrōpus
- Englishtodaylycanthrope
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλυκάνθρωποςlukánthrōpos‘werewolf, lycanthrope’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElycanthrōpus
- Englishtodaylycanthrope
A compound of λύκος ‘wolf’ + ἄνθρωπος ‘man, human’
Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos ‘wolf’
Proto-Hellenic *lúkos ‘wolf’
Ancient Greek λύκος ‘wolf’
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘to see’
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs ‘eye’
Proto-Hellenic *ókʷs ‘eye’
Ancient Greek ὤψ ‘face, appearance, look’
Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος ‘man, human’
Every English word from Ancient Greek λυκάνθρωπος
Today it means
noun A werewolf.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek λυκάνθρωπος / lycanthrope