Where does “Jamaican blind snake” come from?
Jamaican blind snake (English) comes from English Jamaican, from English jamaica, from Spanish jamaica, from Taíno Xaymaca — land of wood and water.
Jamaican blind snake (English): Typhlops jamaicensis, a species of blind snake
Definitions
- Typhlops jamaicensis, a species of blind snake
Ancestry of “Jamaican blind snake”, step by step
Jamaican blind snake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Jamaican
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Jamaican | A person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent; The... |
| 2 | English | jamaica | roselle |
| 3 | Spanish | jamaica | roselle |
| 4 | Taíno | Xaymaca | land of wood and water |
via English blind snake
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | blind snake | Any snake of the infraorder Scolecophidia |