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In what country did the word 'alligator' originate?
The alligator comes from the Spanish.
The word alligator originates from?
spanish
The word alligator originates from what language?
Spanish
Did the word alligator come from native American language?
No, that word originated in Spanish.
Where did the word alligator come from?
Direct quote from Wikipedia... "The name alligator is an anglicized form of el lagarto, the Spanish term for "lizard", which early Spanish explorers and settlers in Florida called the alligator."
What is the spanish root word for alligator?
I read somewhere that it comes from Spanish "el lagarto", meaning "the lizard". (Note that the modern Spanish word for "alligator" is "caiman", with an acute accent on the second "a" that I don't know how to type in here!)
What is the word origin of 'alligator'?
Hailing from the 1560s, the English word alligator comes to us from the corruption of the Spanish word el lagarto (de Indias) meaning "the lizard (of the Indies)", from the Latin word lacertus, although "alligarter" WAS an earlier variant."See you later, alligator" is from a 1957song title.
How do you spell alligator in spanish?
Alligator is el lagarto (a word for lizard) which is where English gets the word from. Crocodile is cocodrilo.(The South American name for the relatively smaller crocodilian is caiman.)
What language does the word alligator originate from?
i do not know will some one tell me too
How did the word alligator come to English?
alliogator means devil lizard coming from th spanish
Is alligator Europeean word?
In Europe it derives from a 17th Century Spanish word 'el lagarto' meaning a lizard. This comes from Latin 'lacerta'
How do you write alligator in spanish?
caimán
