armadillo
Meaning
Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, families Dasypodidae and Chlamyphoridae in the order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America.
Translations
armadillo
Gürteltier
tatou
armadillo
gordeldier
armadillo
δασύπους
Fam. Dasypodidae αρμαντίλλο
armadílioFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɑɹməˈdɪloʊ/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmosder. Latin arma Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin armō Latin -ātus Latin armātus Old Spanish armado Spanish armado Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -ellus Old Spanish -iello Spanish -illo Spanish armadillobor. English armadillo Borrowed from Spanish armadillo, diminutive of armado (“armored”) in reference to its protective plates.
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