Javelina
/ˌhɑːvəˈliːnə/noun
A piglike wild mammal of the Americas, especially the collared peccary.
Did you know?The English word came through American Spanish, where jabalina originally meant a female javelina/peccary term in regional usage, and it was later reanalyzed in English as the name of the wild piglike animal itself.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kap-
“to seize, take hold”
Latin
Lat
capere
“to take, seize”
Late Latin
LL
capulus
“a handle or grip”
Old Spanish
OSp
jabali
“wild boar”
American Spanish
Sp
jabalina
“female wild boar; regional name applied to the peccary”
19th Century
English
javelina
“the peccary, especially the collared peccary”