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What is the orgin word of raccoon?

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

The word 'raccoon' originated in the early 17th century from the words arroughcun and lotor. Arroughcun is from Virginian Algonquian, a language that is now extinct. Lotor, the scientific name for the raccoon, is Latin for "one who washes."

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8y ago

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