Where does “possum” come from?
Possum comes from Powhatan aposoum, a word of unknown meaning in the Powhatan language.
possum (English): An opossum, a marsupial of the family Didelphidae...
Definitions
- An opossum, a marsupial of the family Didelphidae...
Ancestry of “possum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | opossum | Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae.... |
| 2 | Powhatan | aposoum | white animal |
| 3 | Proto-Algonquian | *wa·p-aʔθemwa | — |
Words derived from “possum”