%0 Journal Article %T A SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON THE ORIGIN OF ENGLISH GUINEA PIG %A Stachowski, Marek %J Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis %V 2018 %R 10.4467/20834624SL.18.013.8849 %N Volume 135, Issue 3 %P 159-160 %K etymology, English language, Romance languages, biological terminology %@ 1897-1059 %D 2018 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-linguistica-uic/article/a-supplemental-note-on-the-origin-of-english-guinea-pig %X This is a note to support a conjecture published some time ago and concerning the mechanism of the emergence of the word guinea as part of the English name of guinea pig.