Where does “tatou” come from?
tatou (French) comes from Old Tupi tatu, from French PEB, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po.
tatou (French): armadillo
Ancestry of “tatou”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Tupi | tatu | armadillo |
| 2 | French | PEB | a system enabling a library to borrow a document... |
| 3 | Old Tupi | -a | — |
| 4 | Old Tupi | pó | hand |
| 5 | Proto-Tupi-Guarani | *po | — |
| 6 | Proto-Tupian | *po | — |
Words derived from “tatou”