Where does “海イグアナ” come from?

海イグアナ (Japanese) comes from Japanese イグアナ, from Spanish iguana, from Taíno iwana — iguana.

海イグアナ (Japanese): a marine iguana

Definitions

  1. a marine iguana

Ancestry of “海イグアナ”, step by step

海イグアナ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese イグアナ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseイグアナan iguana
2Spanishiguanaiguana
3Taínoiwanaiguana

via Japanese 海

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese海a sea, an ocean; a lake; an object covering over...
2Old Japaneseうな—
Every word from Taíno iwana →Every word from Spanish iguana →Every word from Japanese イグアナ →