Etymology

colocolo

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Today it means: Leopardus colocola, a small striped cat native to western central South America. Full definition →

Spanish colocolo ← Mapudungun Colo Colo
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The story

  1. Mapudungun · derived fromColo Colo
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromcolocolo“colocolo (cat)”
  3. English todaycolocolo

From Spanish colocolo (“colocolo (cat)”), from Mapudungun Colo Colo (a creature in Mapuche mythology).

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