Where does “オポッサム” come from?

オポッサム (Japanese) comes from English opossum, from Powhatan aposoum, from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa.

オポッサム (Japanese): an opossum

Definitions

  1. an opossum

Ancestry of “オポッサム”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishopossumAny American marsupial of the family Didelphidae....
2Powhatanaposoumwhite animal
3Proto-Algonquian*wa·p-aʔθemwa—

Words derived from “オポッサム”

Every word from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa →Every word from Powhatan aposoum →Every word from English opossum →