Where does “puma” come from?

puma (French) comes from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma — puma; cougar; mountain lion.

puma (French): puma mammal

Definitions

  1. puma mammal

Ancestry of “puma”, step by step

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

Words derived from “puma”

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