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lobo.

wolf (a wild canid)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlo.bu/Brazil/ˈlo.bu/Portugal[ˈlo.βu]Portugal/ˈlo.bu/Portugal, Southern

  1. wolf (a wild canid)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷós? Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷosder. Proto-Italic *lukʷos Osco-Umbrianbor.? Latin lupus Old Galician-Portuguese lobo Portuguese lobo Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lobo, from Latin lupus (“wolf”), from an Oscan-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Compare Galician and Spanish lobo. Doublet of lúpus, a borrowing.

noun/ˈlɔ.bu/Brazil/ˈlɔ.bu/Portugal[ˈlɔ.βu]Portugal/ˈlɔ.bu/Portugal, Southern

  1. lobe (division of the brain)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from New Latin lobus, from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós, “earlobe”).

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