Where does “Santa Fe Island tortoise” come from?

Santa Fe Island tortoise (English) comes from English tortoise, from Middle English tortuse, from Medieval Latin tortuca.

Santa Fe Island tortoise (English): A subspecies of Galápagos tortoise

Definitions

  1. A subspecies of Galápagos tortoise

Ancestry of “Santa Fe Island tortoise”, step by step

Santa Fe Island tortoise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tortoise

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtortoiseAny of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the...
2Middle Englishtortuse—
3Medieval Latintortuca—

via English Santa Fe Island

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSanta Fe Island—
Every word from Medieval Latin tortuca →Every word from Middle English tortuse →Every word from English tortoise →