Where does “ミーアキャット” come from?
ミーアキャット (Japanese) comes from English meerkat, from Afrikaans meerkat, from Dutch meerkat, from Middle Dutch meercatte, from Old Dutch merikatta.
ミーアキャット (Japanese): a meerkat
Ancestry of “ミーアキャット”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | meerkat | "Suricata suricatta", a small carnivorous mammal... |
| 2 | Afrikaans | meerkat | meerkat |
| 3 | Dutch | meerkat | A guenon, vervet, talapoin or patas; one of a... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | meercatte | monkey, ape |
| 5 | Old Dutch | merikatta | — |