Where does “奧珀瑟姆” come from?
奧珀瑟姆 (Chinese) comes from English opossum, from Powhatan aposoum, from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa.
奧珀瑟姆 (Chinese): opossum
Ancestry of “奧珀瑟姆”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | opossum | Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae.... |
| 2 | Powhatan | aposoum | white animal |
| 3 | Proto-Algonquian | *wa·p-aʔθemwa | — |