Where does “ピューマ” come from?

ピューマ (Japanese) comes from English puma, from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma — puma; cougar; mountain lion.

ピューマ (Japanese): a puma

Definitions

  1. a puma

Ancestry of “ピューマ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpumaThe mountain lion or cougar, "Puma concolor"; A...
2Spanishpumacougar, mountain lion, puma
3Quechuapumapuma; cougar; mountain lion
Every word from Quechua puma →Every word from Spanish puma →Every word from English puma →