Etymology

cuy

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Today it means: guinea pig meat Full definition →

Peruvian Spanish cuy ← Quechua quwi
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The story

  1. Quechua · derived fromquwi“guinea pig”
  2. Peruvian Spanish · borrowed fromcuy“guinea pig”
  3. English todaycuy

Borrowed from Peruvian Spanish cuy (“guinea pig”) (ultimately from Quechua quwi (“guinea pig”)).

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