Aymara
/aɪˈmɑːrə/noun
A member of an Indigenous people of the Andes, or the language they speak.
Did you know?Aymara is the name of both a people and a language of the Andes, and its exact origin is uncertain, with the term likely coming through Spanish from a local ethnonym rather than from a neatly traceable classical root.
Etymological Timeline
Modern English
English
Aymara
“The Indigenous people of the Andes or their language”
16th Century
Spanish
Aymara
“A Spanish rendering of an Indigenous ethnonym in the Andes”
Pre-Columbian era
Aymara
Aymara
“An ethnonym used for a people of the central Andes”
Unknown / Indigenous origin
Unknown
Aymara
“The original source of the name is uncertain and not securely established”