Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAny of several medium-sized wild cats of the genus Lynx.
From Middle English lynx, linx, lenx, lynce, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), from Proto-Hellenic *lúnks, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white; light; bright”), because of the cat's seemingly glowing eyes and ability to see in the dark. Doublet of onza and ounce. Displaced English los; Middle English lusk (“lynx”), from Old English lox (“lynx”) as the animal died out in Britain during the Middle Ages.
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- Root classification mention*lewk-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionlynxenm
- Derivation mentionlynxla
- Derivation mentionλύγξgrc
- Derivation mention*lúnksgrk-pro
- Derivation mention*lewk-ine-pro
- Doublet mentiononza#Etymology_2en
- Doublet mentionounce#Etymology_2en
- Cognate mentionlosen
- Cognate mentionluskenm · lynx
- Cognate mentionloxang · lynx
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