Where does “manatee” come from?

Manatee comes from Spanish manatí, a word of unclear ultimate origin possibly from an indigenous Caribbean or Taíno language.

manatee (English): Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of...

Definitions

  1. Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of...

Ancestry of “manatee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmanatímanatee

Words derived from “manatee

Every word from Spanish manatí
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