Where does “puma” come from?

puma (Malay) comes from English puma, from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma — puma; cougar; mountain lion.

puma (Malay): puma mountain lion; cougar

Definitions

  1. puma mountain lion; cougar

Ancestry of “puma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpumaThe mountain lion or cougar, "Puma concolor"; A...
2Spanishpumacougar, mountain lion, puma
3Quechuapumapuma; cougar; mountain lion
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