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Where does “marmota” come from?

marmota (Spanish) comes from French marmotte, from Franco-Provençal marmotan, from Latin muris montanus — mountain rat.

marmota (Spanish): marmot; groundhog

Definitions

  1. marmot; groundhog

Ancestry of “marmota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmarmottemarmot; person who sleeps a lot; female...
2Franco-Provençalmarmotan—
3Latinmuris montanusmountain rat
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