English

llamaback

From llama + back, after horseback.

A compound of llama + back

Quechua llama

Spanish llama

English llama

Proto-Germanic *baką ‘back’

Proto-West Germanic *bak

Old English bæc

Middle English bak ‘the back’

English back

Today it means

noun The back of a llama (for riding or carrying burdens).

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

Etymograph / llamaback