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Where does “cougar” come from?

Cougar comes from French couguar, from Portuguese suçuarana, from Guaraní syuasuarána, ultimately from Guaraní susua.

cougar (English): A mountain lion; "Puma concolor"; An older woman...

Definitions

  1. A mountain lion; "Puma concolor"; An older woman...

Ancestry of “cougar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcouguar—
2Portuguesesuçuaranacougar
3Old Tupisûasuarana—

Words derived from “cougar”

  • cougarlike
  • cougaring
  • cougarish
  • kuguaari
  • کوݢر
  • kugar
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