Etymology

coyote

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Today it means: Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America. Full definition →

Spanish coyote ← Nahuan ← Proto-Nahuan *koyoo-tl
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  1. Proto-Nahuan · derived from*koyoo-tl
  2. Nahuan · derived from
  3. Spanish · borrowed fromcoyote
  4. English todaycoyote

Borrowed from Spanish coyote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *koyoo-tl. Compare Chinook ki-o-tī.

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