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wanu
Quechua · pre-1500s
"dung, fertilizer"
meaning "dung", especially the droppings of seabirds used as fertilizer
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guano
Spanish · 1500s-1600s
"seabird or bat droppings used as fertilizer"
adopted from Quechua via Spanish colonial contact in Peru
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guano
English · 1800s
"accumulated seabird or bat excrement used as fertilizer"
adopted directly from Spanish during the guano fertilizer trade
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