Etymology

lupine

lu·pine
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Today it means: Wolfish (all senses); wolflike. Full definition →

Latin lupīnus
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lupine · adjective1

  1. Latin · borrowed fromlupīnus
  2. English todaylupine

Borrowed from Latin lupīnus, from lupus (“wolf”) + -īnus (“pertaining to”). Doublet of lupin and piecewise doublet of wolven, Latin lupus being a cognate of wolf and -ine being a doublet of -en.

lupine · noun2

See lupin.

Words from the same roots

Latinlupīnus all →

lupin

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