The story
- Old Tupi · derived fromakuti
- French · borrowed fromagouti
- English todayagouti
From French agouti, from Old Tupi akuti. The name of the acouchi is probably from the same source.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
agouti
Today it means: A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs, mainly native to Central and South America. Full definition →
French agouti ← Old Tupi akuti