Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySynonym of domestic guinea pig. · Any rodent in the Caviidae.
Etymology tree Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aŋuja? Old Tupi saûîáder. taxonomic name Cavia Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English cavy From taxonomic name Cavia + English -y; the genus name Cavia was introduced by Dutch naturalist Willem Piso in his Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (1648), and the initial ⟨c⟩ was supposed to represent [s], but unaware of this, the spelling pronunciation became [k].
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