Where does “urubú” come from?

urubú (Catalan) comes from Portuguese urubu, from Old Tupi urubu, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruβu — vulture.

urubú (Catalan): black vulture, buzzard

Definitions

  1. black vulture, buzzard

Ancestry of “urubú”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseurubuvulture in general, or New World vulture more...
2Old TupiurubuNew World vulture
3Proto-Tupi-Guarani*uruβuvulture
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruβu →Every word from Old Tupi urubu →Every word from Portuguese urubu →