Where does “panda” come from?

panda (French) comes from Russian па́нда — panda (Ailurus fulgens).

panda (French): panda

Definitions

  1. panda

Ancestry of “panda”, step by step

panda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian па́нда

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпа́ндаpanda (Ailurus fulgens)

via Tibetan ཕོ་ཉ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanཕོ་ཉmessenger; angel

Words derived from “panda”

Every word from Russian па́нда →