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alpaca (n.)
1792, from Spanish
alpaca
, probably from Aymara
allpaca
, related to Quechua
p'ake
"yellowish-red." The
al-
is perhaps from influence of Arabic definite article (see
almond
). Attested in English from 1753 in the form
pacos
.
