Etymology

iguana

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Today it means: A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet. Full definition →

Spanish iguana ← Taíno *iwana
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The story

  1. Taíno · derived from*iwana
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromiguana
  3. English todayiguana

Borrowed from Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.

Words from the same roots

Spanishiguana all →

iguanodon

Taíno*iwana all →

iguanodon

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.