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NODE / 0348attestedPortuguese

jaguar

jaguar

DATE
Portuguese
SENSE
large cat name
FAMILY
Indo-European / Italic · Romance · Ibero-Romance
CANONICAL KEY
node:49:jaguar:attested:sense:large-cat-name

The date is a broad Portuguese-language anchor. The English word was transmitted through Portuguese.

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Tupi · Tupi · large carnivore

jawára / jaguara

large carnivore; a broader predator label than the modern English species term

SOUND
Portuguese jaguar reflects Tupi jawára or jaguara with adaptation to Portuguese spelling.
MEANING
A broader Tupi large-carnivore name became specialized as the jaguar species name in European languages.
CHRONOLOGY
Colonial-era Brazilian transmission; no invented exact year.
SCHOLAR
Merriam-Webster Editors · CNRTL editors
CONFIDENCE
established — Merriam-Webster explicitly gives Tupi jawára and its broad gloss; CNRTL documents historical variants and specialization.
Jaguar — Word HistorysupportsWord History — Tupi jawára “large carnivore”

Supplies the direct Tupi attribution and broad source sense.

ORIGINAL ↗
Jaguar — étymologiesupportsEtymologie — Tupi januare, jaguara and later specialization

Documents Tupi variants and European lexical specialization.

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DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP

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Present-Day English · 1604–today · panthera onca

jaguar

the large American cat Panthera onca

SOUND
Portuguese jaguar entered English with pronunciation adapted to English patterns.
MEANING
The large-cat referent continued into English.
CHRONOLOGY
English record by 1604.
SCHOLAR
Merriam-Webster Editors
CONFIDENCE
established — Merriam-Webster explicitly gives Portuguese as the immediate source.
Jaguar — Word HistorysupportsWord History — Etymology; First Known Use

Identifies Portuguese and reports English use in 1604.

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