Etymology

babiroussa

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French babiroussa ← Malay babi rusa
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The story

  1. Malay · derived frombabi rusa“babiroussa, deer hog”
  2. French · borrowed frombabiroussa
  3. English todaybabiroussa

From French babiroussa, from Malay babi rusa (“babiroussa, deer hog”).

Words from the same roots

Malaybabi rusa all →

babirusa

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.