proper noun/ˈlope/
a male given name
Related: López
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷós? Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷosder. Proto-Italic *lukʷos Osco-Umbrianbor.? Latin lupusder. Basque Lopeder. Basque Lopbor. Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Old Latin -os Latin -us Latin -ebor.? Spanish Lope Ultimately from Latin lupus (“wolf”) but borrowed through Basque Lope~Lop, hence the preservation of intervocalic /p/. The final /e/ may deriv