Where does “opos” come from?

opos (Polish) comes from English opossum, from Powhatan aposoum, from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa.

opos (Polish): gray and black four-eyed opossum

Definitions

  1. gray and black four-eyed opossum

Ancestry of “opos”, step by step

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

Words derived from “opos”

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