iguana的词源

英文词源

iguana (n.)

1550s, from Spanish, from Arawakan (W.Indies) iguana, iwana, the local name for the lizard.

Foure footed beastes ... named Iuannas, muche lyke vnto Crocodiles, of eyght foote length, of moste pleasaunte taste. [Richard Eden, "Decades of the New World," 1555]

中文词源

iguana：美洲大蜥蜴

来自西班牙语，最终来自中南美洲土著语。

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