Where does “guara” come from?

guara (English) comes from Brazilian Portuguese guara, from Paraguayan Guaraní [[aguara]] [[guasu]].

guara (English): A maned wolf, of species Chrysocyon brachyurus (syn. Canis jubatus), native to much of subtropical central South America, east of the Andes

Definitions

  1. A maned wolf, of species Chrysocyon brachyurus (syn. Canis jubatus), native to much of subtropical central South America, east of the Andes

Ancestry of “guara”, step by step

guara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Brazilian Portuguese guara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Brazilian Portugueseguara—
2Paraguayan Guaraní[[aguara]] [[guasu]]—

via Old Tupi gûará

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupigûaráscarlet ibis
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*warascarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
Every word from Paraguayan Guaraní [[aguara]] [[guasu]] →