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lupine

The origin and history of lupine.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lupīnus, itself formed from lupus (“wolf”) and -īnus (“pertaining to”). It is a doublet of lupin, and a piecewise doublet of wolven, since Latin lupus is a cognate of wolf and -ine is a doublet of -en.

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