lion
Old French
noun
Definitions
- lion animal
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek λέων (lion).
Origin
Ancient Greek
λέων
Gloss
lion
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Leo English
- leontomorphic English
- lion English
- leo Latin
- leonatus Latin
- leoninus Latin
- leonis, leo Latin
- leunculus Latin
- leō Latin
- leōnem Latin
- leōnis, leō, leo Latin
- leone Italian
- Leo Dutch, Flemish
- napoleontisch Dutch, Flemish
- fourmilion French
- lion French
- lionne French
- Δημολέων Ancient Greek
- Λεωνίδας Ancient Greek
- Τιμολέων Ancient Greek
- λέων Ancient Greek
- λεοντοπέταλον Ancient Greek
- λεοντοπόδιον Ancient Greek
- μυρμηκολέων Ancient Greek
- χαμαιλέων Ancient Greek
- leo Old English
- lyoun Middle English
- ljón Old Norse
- *lьvъ Proto-Slavic
- leon Old French
- leono Esperanto
- león Galician
- lei Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- leu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- lewo Old High German
- lēwo Old High German
- Leons Latvian
- léo Old Irish
- léoman Old Irish
- ljón Faroese
- lyon Middle French
- 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 Gothic
- lewo Old Dutch
- leon Occitan
- lleón Asturian
- llión Asturian
- ⲗⲉⲱⲛ Coptic
- liuni Sicilian
- lyon Mauritian Creole
- *llew Proto-Brythonic
- λεοντάριον grc-koi
- lyon Seychellois Creole
- lyon Antillean Creole
- llión Leonese