Where does “Galapagos” come from?

Galapagos (English) comes from Spanish galápago, from Undetermined calappacu.

Galapagos (English): comprising the islands

Definitions

  1. comprising the islands

Ancestry of “Galapagos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishgalápagoAny of several species of turtle; giant tortoise
2Undeterminedcalappacu—

Words derived from “Galapagos”

Every word from Undetermined calappacu →Every word from Spanish galápago →