The story
- Māori · borrowed frommakō“shark”
- English todaymako shark
Borrowed from Māori makō (“shark”), a Southern Māori dialect form of the more standard mangō (“shark”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
mako shark
Today it means: Either of two powerful mackerel sharks of the genus Isurus, having a large heavy body, a sharp nose and a nearly symmetrical tail, found in southern oceans. Full definition →
Māori makō