Where does “puma” come from?

Puma comes from Quechua puma, a large wild cat native to South America.

puma (English): The mountain lion or cougar, "Puma concolor"; A...

Definitions

  1. The mountain lion or cougar, "Puma concolor"; A...

Ancestry of “puma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpumacougar, mountain lion, puma
2Quechuapumapuma; cougar; mountain lion

Words derived from “puma

Every word from Quechua puma