Where does “Araucária” come from?

Araucária (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese araucária, from taxonomic name Araucaria, from Spanish Arauco, from Mapudungun rag ko — clayey water.

Araucária (Portuguese): araucaria any tree of the genus

Definitions

  1. araucaria any tree of the genus

Ancestry of “Araucária”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesearaucáriaaraucaria any tree of the genus
2taxonomic nameAraucaria—
3SpanishArauco(first-level division) until 1974
4Mapudungunrag koclayey water
Every word from Mapudungun rag ko →Every word from Spanish Arauco →Every word from taxonomic name Araucaria →