Etymology

chuckwalla

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Today it means: A lizard, of the genus Sauromalus, living in arid regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Full definition →

Spanish chacahuala ← Shoshone tcaxxwal ← Cahuilla cháxwal
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The story

  1. Cahuilla · derived fromcháxwal
  2. Shoshone · derived fromtcaxxwal
  3. Spanish · borrowed fromchacahuala
  4. English todaychuckwalla

Borrowed from Spanish chacahuala, from either Shoshone tcaxxwal or Cahuilla cháxwal.

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