![]() These days, among English speaking people, snow leopards are most commonly known as… snow leopards, but they have many other names – among them are léopard des neiges (French), Schneeleopard (German) and leopardo de las nieves (Spanish). In French the word became lonce which was altered over time to l’once because French speakers thought the “L” meant “the.” Eventually, the “L” fell off and the name became, simply, once and that became, in English, ounce. The name might come from Latin: luncea which means lynx. In a similar way, snow leopards were once known as ounce. Words change over time, and so the “n” slipped away and the two words slammed together. ![]() The word, “leopard” comes to us from two Greek words that mean leon pard or lion cat. Photo: Jak Wonderly Snow leopards have had a number of names since they first came to the attention of Europeans.
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