armadillo
/ɑɹməˈdɪloʊ/ · noun
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.
Etymology / origin
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 ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin armātus Old Spanish armado Spanish armado Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus 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.
- armadillo(Spanish)→
- armadillo (English)
- Relations: bor
Related words
Descendant words
- armadyllo(Cornish) (bor)
- armadailín(Irish) (der)
- 아르마딜로(Korean) (bor)
- armadillo(Malay) (bor)
- อาร์มาดิลโล(Thai) (bor)
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