Etymology

javelina

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Today it means: A peccary (Tayassuidae spp.), especially a collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu). Full definition →

First used 19th c.Spanish javalina ← Andalusian Arabic جَبَلِي ← Arabic جَبَل
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  1. Arabic · derived fromجَبَل“mountain”
  2. Andalusian Arabic · derived fromجَبَلِي
  3. Spanish · borrowed fromjavalina
  4. English todayjavelina

From Spanish javalina, jabalina, feminine form of jabalí (“wild boar”), from Andalusian Arabic جَبَلِي (jabalī) (in خِنْزِير جَبَلِيّ (ḵinzīr jabaliyy, “mountain pig”)), from Arabic جَبَل (jabal, “mountain”). Cognate with Portuguese javalina, and similar in other Iberian languages.

Words from the same roots

Arabicجَبَل all →

jebel

First known use, by meaning

  • from 19th c. A peccary (Tayassuidae spp.), especially a collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.