Where does “kangaroo” come from?

Kangaroo comes from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru, a word from an Australian Aboriginal language whose original meaning is not documented.

kangaroo (English): A member of the Macropodidae family of large...

Definitions

  1. A member of the Macropodidae family of large...

Ancestry of “kangaroo”, step by step

kangaroo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Guugu Yimidhirrgangurrularge grey or black kangaroo

via Kaurna gangurru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kaurnagangurru

Words derived from “kangaroo

Every word from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru