Is 'coyote' English, or is it actually Amerindian?

'Coyote' is a word borrowed from Amerindian 'coyotl'. The word entered the English language some time around 1759.

coyote [noun] [1759]

• a buff-gray to reddish-gray North American canid (Canis latrans) closely related to but smaller than the wolf
• one who smuggles immigrants into the United States

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Etymology: Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl 'coyōtl'

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