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chinchilla
Quechua/Aymara · medieval
"the chinchilla rodent"
the name for the small, soft-furred rodent of the Andes
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chinchilla
Spanish · 1500s
"a small, soft-furred Andean rodent"
adopted into Spanish by colonizers trading the animal's prized fur
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chinchilla
English · 1600s
"a small rodent with very soft, dense fur"
settled as the English word for the small rodent prized for its soft fur
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