Where does “pumă” come from?

pumă (Romanian) comes from French puma, from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma — puma; cougar; mountain lion.

pumă (Romanian): cougar, mountain lion

Definitions

  1. cougar, mountain lion

Ancestry of “pumă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpumapuma mammal
2Spanishpumacougar, mountain lion, puma
3Quechuapumapuma; cougar; mountain lion
Every word from Quechua puma →Every word from Spanish puma →Every word from French puma →