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- Ancient Greek · derived fromμαρσύπιον
- Latin · borrowed frommarsūpial
- English todaymarsupial
Borrowed from Latin marsūpial, from marsūpiālis (“of a purse”) and marsūpium (“purse, pouch”), from Ancient Greek μαρσύπιον (marsúpion) or μαρσύππιον (marsúppion), variants of μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “bag, pouch”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.