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Llama

3 stages from Quechua to English.

Today it means a domesticated South American camelid used as a pack animal
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Stage 1 of 3
llama
Quechua · pre-1500s
"llama"
the Quechua name for the domesticated Andean animal
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Stage 2 of 3
llama
Spanish · 1500s
"llama"
adopted after Spanish contact with the Inca Empire
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Stage 3 of 3
llama
English · 1600s
"the domesticated Andean camelid"
borrowed directly from Spanish
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