response: No need to wonder, let me tell you , the word comes from a language called Tupi
original_response: It's Portuguese for armadillo which is from an even older language.
history: Have you ever seen an armadillo? I have had them tearing up my lawn. They like to burrow and look for insects to eat. You mean the leathery armour shell animals? Yes, they are quite common where I live in the southern United States. I actually trapped a few on my lawn and moved them to the wilderness. Nice. Did you know that littel armoured one is the meaning of armandillo in spanish? I had no clue. How are they called in other places ? Well, I know that in portuguese armandillos are called tatus I never heard them being called a ''tatu'' before. I wonder where that name came from?
knowledge: The Portuguese word for ''armadillo'' is ''tatu'' which derives from the Tupi language.