how does dog get its name?

Question

I am going a essay about define and explain about dogs and i am wondering how do does the word dog come from?

Answer 1

Well, it was originated from a Latin word meaning loyal animal. Beacause dogs at all times were loyal. I really hope this helps.

Answer 2

The English word dog, in common usage, refers to the domestic pet dog, Canis lupus familiaris. The species was originally classified as Canis familiaris by Linnaeus in 1758. In 1993, dogs were reclassified as a subspecies of the gray wolf, Canis lupus, by the Smithsonian Institution and the American Society of Mammalogists. "Dog" is sometimes used to refer collectively to any mammal belonging to the family Canidae (as in "the dog family"), such as wolves, foxes, and coyotes. Some members of the family have "dog" in their common names, such as the African Wild Dog. The constellations Canes Venatici, Canis Major and Canis Minor are named from the Latin word for "dog," for their perceived resemblance to dogs.

The English word dog might derive from the Old English docga, a "powerful breed of canine". The French dogue and Spanish dogo as in dogo Argentino are borrowings from English. The English word hound is a cognate of the German Hund and Dutch hond which, though referring to a specific breed in English, means "dog" in general in German and Dutch. Hound itself derives from the Proto-Indo-European *kwn,to-, an extended zero-grade form of the root *kwon-, which is the direct root of the Greek κυων (kuōn) and the indirect root of the Latin canis through the variant form *kani-[6].

In breeding circles, a male canine is referred to as a dog, while a female canine is called a *****. Offspring are generally called pups or puppies until they are about a year old. A group of offspring is a litter. The process of birth is whelping. Many terms are used for dogs that are not purebred

Answer 3

Adam was charged with naming everything back in the garden.

Answer 4

God spelled backwards

Answer 5

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Answer 6

hotdog?