Etymology

viscacha

vis·ca·cha
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Today it means: Any of the several South American rodents, native to the Andes Mountains, of the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus. Full definition →

Spanish vizcacha ← Quechua wisk'acha
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The story

  1. Quechua · derived fromwisk'acha
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromvizcacha
  3. English todayviscacha

Borrowed from Spanish vizcacha, from Quechua wisk'acha.

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