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Where does “panda” come from?

Panda comes from French panda, from Tibetan ཕོ་ཉ, of uncertain ultimate origin.

panda (English): The red panda , a small raccoon-like animal of...

Definitions

  1. The red panda , a small raccoon-like animal of...

Ancestry of “panda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiपंडा—
2Sanskritपण्डितlearned, wise, shrewd, clever, skilful in,...
3Sanskrit-इत—
4Proto-Indo-Iranian-tásCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “panda”

  • pandalike
  • パンダ
  • 판다
  • ollphanda
  • panda
  • panda
  • แพนด้า
  • panda
  • panda
  • panda
  • ڤندا
  • panda
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