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Where does “šimpanz” come from?

šimpanz (Czech) comes from German Schimpanse, from French chimpanzé — chimpanzee.

šimpanz (Czech): chimpanzee

Definitions

  1. chimpanzee

Ancestry of “šimpanz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchimpansechimpanzee
2Frenchchimpanzéchimpanzee

Words derived from “šimpanz”

  • šimpanzí
  • šimpanzice
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