Where does “puma” come from?

puma (Czech) comes from German Puma, from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma — puma; cougar; mountain lion.

puma (Czech): cougar, puma; bomb

Definitions

  1. cougar, puma; bomb

Ancestry of “puma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPumacougar
2Spanishpumacougar, mountain lion, puma
3Quechuapumapuma; cougar; mountain lion

Words derived from “puma”

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