English

hyote

Blend of hyena + coyote.

Proto-Indo-European *suH- ‘pig, hog, swine’

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Latin hyaena

Medieval Latin hyēna

Old French hiene

Middle English hiena

English hyena

Proto-Nahuan *koyoo-tl

Classical Nahuatl coyōtl

Spanish coyote ‘coyote (canine)’

Today it means

noun A cryptid sighted in Baltimore County, Maryland, that turned out to be a mangy fox.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.