How did the Silverback Gorilla got its name?

Answer 1

In 1738 the name of a chimpanzee is published as "chimpenze" derived from an kongolese language, calle kiVili, the language of the Vili or Foite- people. The meaning is cited as "mockman" or "ape". The origin of "chimpenze" might be a combination of two kiSwahili words "nchima" = "blue monkey" and "mzee" = "Sir" or "respectable gentleman".

Answer 2

Hanno of Carthage, an early explorer of The African coast, reported seeing 'Hairy men,' who the locals called 'gorilloi'. Hanno's story was copied by the Greeks and came into modern literature. An early 19th century explorer saw the large ape and borrowed the word - as gorilla- To apply to the previously unknown creature. (Hanno's "hairy people' were probably chimpanzees.)

Answer 3

As with many animals, the name chimpanzee comes from the local language of the Tshiluba peoples of the area in which the animal is found. And possibly means "mock man" in that language. The term dates back to 1738, and the language may have changed since then.

Similarly Orangutan in the local language of that area means "forest man".

Answer 4

Monkeys is a Latin word for something that likes to eat bananas

Answer 5

The word is thought to come from the Arabic zarafah, meaning "fast walker".

Answer 6

The Latin word mono which means one, and the Greek term ekease that means mentally unstable. Therefore, monkeys got their name from their attitude.

Answer 7

named for the distinctive patch of silver hair on his back