Where does “alpaca” come from?

alpaca (French) comes from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa — alpaca.

Ancestry of “alpaca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishalpacaalpaca
2Aymaraallpaqaalpaca

Words derived from “alpaca”

Every word from Aymara allpaqa →Every word from Spanish alpaca →
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