Where does “猛獁” come from?

猛獁 (Chinese) comes from English mammoth, from Russian ма́монт — mammoth.

猛獁 (Chinese): mammoth

Definitions

  1. mammoth

Ancestry of “猛獁”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmammothAny species of the extinct genus "Mammuthus", of...
2Russianма́монтmammoth
Every word from Russian ма́монт →Every word from English mammoth →