los.
A medium-sized wildcat, most of them part of the genus Lynx.
Meaning & usage
A medium-sized wildcat, most of them part of the genus Lynx.
The los had been brought from a northern part of the United States.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English lusk, from Old English lox, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs, from Proto-Germanic *luhsaz. Cognate with Scots los, Saterland Frisian Luks, Low German Luks, Dutch los, German Luchs, Luxembourgish Luuss.
Obsolete form of loss.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English los, from Old English los, from Proto-Germanic *lusą, from Proto-Indo-European *lews-.
Alternative form of loos (“praise; fame; reputation”).
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