Where does “mofeta” come from?

mofeta (Spanish) comes from Italian mofeta, from Latin Mephitis — mephitis a poisonous or pestilential gas from the ground, e.g. from swamps or volcanoes.

mofeta (Spanish): skunk

Definitions

  1. skunk

Ancestry of “mofeta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmofetamofetta
2LatinMephitismephitis a poisonous or pestilential gas from the ground, e.g. from swamps or volcanoes
Every word from Latin Mephitis →Every word from Italian mofeta →