Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryPanthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia. · A male tiger; as opposed to a tigress. · A sabre-toothed tiger (any felid in the subfamily †Machairodontinae). · A Tasmanian tiger, †Thylacinus cynocephalus
Etymology tree Iraniander. Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris)bor. Latin tigrislbor. Anglo-Norman tigrebor. ▲ Latin tigrisbor. Proto-West Germanic *tīgr Old English tigras Middle English tygre English tiger From Middle English tygre, in part from Old English tigras (pl.), in part from Anglo-Norman tigre, both from Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris), from Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬔𐬭𐬌 (tigri, “arrow”), 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀 (tiγra, “pointed”)). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). Compare English stick.
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