Where does “carapato” come from?

carapato (English) comes from Portuguese carrapato — tick.

carapato (English): A South American tick of the genus Amblyamma

Definitions

  1. A South American tick of the genus Amblyamma

Ancestry of “carapato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecarrapatotick
Every word from Portuguese carrapato
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