Where does “coyote” come from?

Coyote comes from Spanish coyote, from Nahuatl coyotl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan kʷa.

coyote (English): "Canis latrans", a species of canine native to...

Definitions

  1. "Canis latrans", a species of canine native to...

Ancestry of “coyote”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcoyotecoyote; fixer, middleman; a person of mixed...
2Classical Nahuatlcoyōtlcoyote
3Nahuatl*koyoo-tl—

Words derived from “coyote”

Every word from Nahuatl *koyoo-tl →Every word from Classical Nahuatl coyōtl →Every word from Spanish coyote →