'Terrapin' is a word borrowed from Amerindian 'terrapin'. The word entered the English language some time around 1613.
terrapin [noun] [1613]
- any of various aquatic turtles (family Emydidae)
- diamondback terrapin
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Etymology: Alteration of earlier 'torope' from Virginia Algonquian '*to·rəpe·w'
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