gutta-percha (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[gutta-percha 词源字典]
1845, from Malay getah percha, literally "the gum of percha," the name of the tree; the form of the word was influenced by Latin gutta "drop." As the name of the tree itself, from 1860.[gutta-percha etymology, gutta-percha origin, 英语词源]