Etymology

tatou

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Today it means: The giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) Full definition →

Old Tupi tatu
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The story

  1. Old Tupi · derived fromtatu“armadillo”
  2. English todaytatou

From Old Tupi tatu (“armadillo”), possibly via French. Compare tatouay.

Words from the same roots

Old Tupitatu all →

tatouay

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.