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Monday, April 9, 2018

Wordwise goes to the dogs

“Wolf” is a Germanic version of Latin “lupus” (source of French “loup”) and GREEK “lukos/lykos.” Parallels show up in the concept of “wolf-man” as “werewolf” from Latin “vir-lupus” (man-wolf) and GREEK “lyko-anthropos” (wolf-man). The word “lycanthropy” thus denotes a psychological disorder for a person ...


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