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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4614990, member: 110350"]Here is the etymology section from the "leopard" article in Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>Etymology</b></font></p><p>The English name 'leopard' comes from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French_language" rel="nofollow">Old French</a>: <i>leupart</i> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_French_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_French_language" rel="nofollow">Middle French</a>: <i>liepart</i>, that derives from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" rel="nofollow">Latin</a>: <i>leopardus</i> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" rel="nofollow">Ancient Greek</a>: λέοπάρδος (<i>leopardos</i>). <i>Leopardos</i> could be a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_(linguistics)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_(linguistics)" rel="nofollow">compound</a> of λέων (<i>leōn</i>), meaning lion, and πάρδος (<i>pardos</i>).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-11" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-11" rel="nofollow">[11]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-lewis-12" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-lewis-12" rel="nofollow">[12]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-liddell-13" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-liddell-13" rel="nofollow">[13]</a> 'Panther' is another common name, derived from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" rel="nofollow">Latin</a>: <i>panther</i> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" rel="nofollow">Ancient Greek</a>: πάνθηρ (<i>pánthēr</i>);<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-lewis-12" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-lewis-12" rel="nofollow">[12]</a> it can additionally refer to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar" rel="nofollow">cougar</a> or the jaguar.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-14" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-14" rel="nofollow">[14]</a> The word <i>λέοπάρδος</i> originally referred to a Cheetah.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-15" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-15" rel="nofollow">[15]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_name_(biology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_name_(biology)" rel="nofollow">generic name</a> <i>Panthera</i> originates in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" rel="nofollow">Latin</a>: <i>panthera</i>, which refers to a hunting net for catching wild beasts that were used by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_people" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_people" rel="nofollow">Romans</a> in combats.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-16" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-16" rel="nofollow">[16]</a> The phonetically similar <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit_language" rel="nofollow">Sanskrit</a>: पाण्डर (<i>pând-ara</i>) means pale yellow, whitish or white.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-17" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-17" rel="nofollow">[17]</a> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_name_(zoology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_name_(zoology)" rel="nofollow">specific name</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" rel="nofollow">Latin</a>: <i>pardus</i> refers to a male panther.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-18" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-18" rel="nofollow">[18]</a> The word <i>pardus</i> is thought to originate from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" rel="nofollow">Ancient Greek</a>: παρδάλωτός (<i>pardalotόs</i>) meaning spotted like a leopard.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-19" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-19" rel="nofollow">[19]</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4614990, member: 110350"]Here is the etymology section from the "leopard" article in Wikipedia: [SIZE=5][B]Etymology[/B][/SIZE] The English name 'leopard' comes from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French_language']Old French[/URL]: [I]leupart[/I] or [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_French_language']Middle French[/URL]: [I]liepart[/I], that derives from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language']Latin[/URL]: [I]leopardus[/I] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language']Ancient Greek[/URL]: λέοπάρδος ([I]leopardos[/I]). [I]Leopardos[/I] could be a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_(linguistics)']compound[/URL] of λέων ([I]leōn[/I]), meaning lion, and πάρδος ([I]pardos[/I]).[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-11'][11][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-lewis-12'][12][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-liddell-13'][13][/URL] 'Panther' is another common name, derived from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language']Latin[/URL]: [I]panther[/I] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language']Ancient Greek[/URL]: πάνθηρ ([I]pánthēr[/I]);[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-lewis-12'][12][/URL] it can additionally refer to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar']cougar[/URL] or the jaguar.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-14'][14][/URL] The word [I]λέοπάρδος[/I] originally referred to a Cheetah.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-15'][15][/URL] The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_name_(biology)']generic name[/URL] [I]Panthera[/I] originates in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language']Latin[/URL]: [I]panthera[/I], which refers to a hunting net for catching wild beasts that were used by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_people']Romans[/URL] in combats.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-16'][16][/URL] The phonetically similar [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit_language']Sanskrit[/URL]: पाण्डर ([I]pând-ara[/I]) means pale yellow, whitish or white.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-17'][17][/URL] The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_name_(zoology)']specific name[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language']Latin[/URL]: [I]pardus[/I] refers to a male panther.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-18'][18][/URL] The word [I]pardus[/I] is thought to originate from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language']Ancient Greek[/URL]: παρδάλωτός ([I]pardalotόs[/I]) meaning spotted like a leopard.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard#cite_note-19'][19][/URL][/QUOTE]
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