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Iguana

3 stages from Taíno to English.

Today it means a large tropical lizard native to the Americas
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Stage 1 of 3
iwana
Taíno · pre-1500s
"iguana"
the Taíno name for the large lizard
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Stage 2 of 3
iguana
Spanish · 1500s
"iguana"
adopted from Caribbean contact
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Stage 3 of 3
iguana
English · 1500s-1600s
"the large tropical lizard"
borrowed directly from Spanish
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