Etymology

leguaan

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Today it means: An iguana. Full definition →

French l'iguane
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The story

  1. French · derived froml'iguane
  2. English todayleguaan

From French l'iguane, "the iguana", through Dutch and Afrikaans.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.