serval

The story

1. Latin · derived fromlupus cervārius
2. Portuguese · derived from(lobo) cerval“Iberian lynx”
3. French · borrowed fromserval
4. English todayserval

From French serval, from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cervārius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).