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Terrapin

2 stages from Algonquian to English.

Today it means a small edible turtle living in fresh or brackish water
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Stage 1 of 2
torope
Algonquian · pre-1600s
"turtle"
the name for the North American turtle
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Stage 2 of 2
terrapin
English · 1600s
"an edible North American turtle"
adopted by English colonists in North America
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