Volpine
/ˈvɒl.paɪn/noun
Resembling or characteristic of a fox.
Did you know?Volpine comes from Latin *vulpes* “fox,” the same ancient root that gave English the scholarly fox-name *vulpine* and the scientific fox genus *Vulpes*.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*wĺ̥kʷos?
“Ancient reconstructed animal root sometimes connected to fox/clever-animal vocabulary in later branches, though the direct line here is uncertain.”
Latin
Latin
vulpes
“Fox”
Late Latin
Latin
vulpīnus
“Of or belonging to a fox”
14th–16th Century
English
vulpine
“Fox-like; crafty or sly”
Modern English
English
volpine
“A variant spelling of vulpine, meaning fox-like”