Where does “tenrec” come from?

tenrec (English) comes from French tanrec, from Malagasy tàndraka.

tenrec (English): Any of several diverse small mammals, of the...

Definitions

  1. Any of several diverse small mammals, of the...

Ancestry of “tenrec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtanrectenrec
2Malagasytàndraka—

Words derived from “tenrec”

Every word from Malagasy tàndraka →Every word from French tanrec →