The story
- Old Tupi · derived fromkaragûatá
- Brazilian Portuguese · borrowed fromcaraguatá
- English todaycaraguatá
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese caraguatá, from Old Tupi karagûatá.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
caraguatá
Today it means: Any of several similar South American bromeliad plants, Bromelia serra, Bromelia pinguin or Bromelia balansae (syn. Bromelia argentina), which yield a long, silky fiber used for making cords, sacks, etc. Full definition →
Brazilian Portuguese caraguatá ← Old Tupi karagûatá