c. 1600, from Spanish guano "dung, fertilizing excrement," especially of sea-birds on islands off Peru, from Quechua (Inca) huanu "dung."
1846, from guano, from which the chemical first was isolated, + chemical suffix -ine (2).
updated on January 06, 2018
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