•scenthound (a hound skilled at tracking) · synonym of Bloodhound (“a specific dog breed”) · someone who persecutes without mercy, e.g., a tyrant, or a myrmidon, henchman
Race de chien courant, qui serait originaire de la ville de Saint-Hubert en Belgique, assez grand, à la peau de la face lâche, aux longues oreilles tombantes, à robe noir et feu, foie et feu ou roux.
köken: Inherited from Vulgar Latin segusius (compare Portuguese sabujo, Italian segugio), from a Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *segu (“to follow”) (compare Irish seach).
eş: cane da caccia, bracco, abile poliziotto, agente di polizia, investigatore, detective
köken: From Vulgar Latin segusius (compare Portuguese sabujo, Spanish sabueso), from a Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *sekʷetor (“to follow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor (“to follow”) (compare Irish seach).
bloodhound · someone skilled in finding people; skilled or persistent tracker or stalker · persecutor, tenaciously cruel person
çekim: çoğul bloedhonden
köken: From bloed (“blood”) + hond (“dog, hound”). The use for a scenthound and the figurative senses (16th c.) are native; compare German Bluthund, Middle Low German blôthunt. The use for the specific breed (late 19th c.) after English bloodhound.
hound (dog breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting) · an excessively submissive person
çekim: çoğul sabujos
köken: From Vulgar Latin segusius (compare Italian segugio, Spanish sabueso), from a Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *segu (“to follow”) (compare Irish seach).
köken: According to folk etymology, from Ancient Greek λακωνικός (lakōnikós) κύων (kúōn). Most probably from Ancient Greek λαγώς (lagṓs). Compare also Albanian langua (“id.”).
hound (a small to medium-sized hunting dog with strong legs, drooping ears, and a relatively short, pointed tail) · gumshoe, sleuthhound, bloodhound (a police detective)
çekim: çoğul kopók
köken: From the kop variant of kap (“to seize, grab”) + -ó (present-participle suffix). The figurative sense developed metaphorically based on the original sense. First attested in c. 1422 Alternatively, borrowed from Proto-Turkic *köpek (“dog”), for which compare Russian кобе́ль (kobélʹ, “male dog”).
From the 15th century, from Blut (“blood”) + Hund (“dog, hound”). Compare Dutch bloedhond, Low German Bloothund, English bloodhound, Common Scandinavian blodhund.