Etymology of the Latin word lupinus
the Latin word
lupinus (lupin; fake money; of or belonging to a wolf; made of wolf-skin)
derived from the Latin word
lupus (wolf; grappling iron)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wl₀kʷo-Derivations in Latin
lupinumDerivations in other languages
English
lupin, French
lubin, French
loubine, Italian
lupino, Italian
lupino, Portuguese
lupino, Spanish
lupino
