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panther
Greek · ancient
"the powerful big cat"
possibly from pan- (all) and ther (beast), for the powerful big cat
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panthera
Latin · ancient
"big cat"
carried into Latin for the same big cat
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pantere
Old French · medieval
"big cat"
carried into French for the same animal
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panther
English · 1300s
"a large wild cat, often dark-coated"
settled as the English word for the dark-coated big cat
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