The story
- Cariban · derived from
- French · derived fromalouatte
- English todayalouatte
From French alouatte, alouate, from a Cariban language; compare Kari'na arawata, Trió arawata, Wayana alawata, Ye'kwana adawa'ta, Apalaí arauta, Akawaio arawta, Pemon arauta, Macushi arauta. Compare araguato.
First known use, by meaning
- from 18th c. A South American howler monkey (of the genus Alouatta).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.