Werewolf Definition
- werehyena
- werefox
- werejaguar
- werecat
- weretiger
- wolfman
- loup-garou
- lycanthrope
- werelion
- jaguar-man
- changeling
- Wolf man
- man-wolf
Other Word Forms of Werewolf
Noun
Origin of Werewolf
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From Middle English werwolf, from Old English werwulf (“werewoulf", literally “man-wolf"), equivalent to wer +"Ž wolf or were- +"Ž wolf. Cognate with Dutch weerwolf (“werewolf"), Middle Low German werwulf, werwolf, warwulf (“werewolf"), German Werwolf (“werewolf"), Danish varulv (“werewolf"), Swedish varulv (“werewolf"). Compare also French garou, in loup-garou (“werewolf"), French dialectal gairou, varou (“werewolf"), Medieval Latin gerulphus, garulphus (“werewolf") (< Germanic).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English werewulf wer man wī-ro- in Indo-European roots wulf wolf wolf
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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