Where does “alpaca” come from?

Alpaca comes from Spanish alpaca, borrowed from Aymara allpaqa, a word for the domesticated South American camelid animal.

alpaca (English): A sheep-like animal of the Andes, "Vicugna...

Definitions

  1. A sheep-like animal of the Andes, "Vicugna...

Ancestry of “alpaca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishalpacaalpaca
2Aymaraallpaqaalpaca

Words derived from “alpaca

Every word from Aymara allpaqaEvery word from Spanish alpaca