Where does “capibara” come from?

capibara (Spanish) comes from Portuguese capivara, from Old Tupi kapi'iûara, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kapiʔiβar — capybara.

capibara (Spanish): capybara

Definitions

  1. capybara

Ancestry of “capibara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecapivaracapybara
2Old Tupikapi'iûaracapybara
3Proto-Tupi-Guarani*kapiʔiβarcapybara

Words derived from “capibara”

Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kapiʔiβar →Every word from Old Tupi kapi'iûara →Every word from Portuguese capivara →