Where does “papegaai” come from?

papegaai (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch papegay, from Old French papegai, from Old Spanish papagayo, from Greek παπαγάλος, from Italian pappagallo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς, from Arabic بَبَغَاء.

papegaai (Dutch): parrot, member of the order Psittaciformes,...

Definitions

  1. parrot, member of the order Psittaciformes,...

Ancestry of “papegaai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchpapegay—
2Old Frenchpapegaiparrot
3Old Spanishpapagayo—
4Greekπαπαγάλοςparrot; a person who repeats uncritically what...
5Italianpappagalloparrot; wolf; a person repeating others' words...
6Byzantine Greekπαπαγᾶς—
7Arabicبَبَغَاء—

Words derived from “papegaai”

Every word from Arabic بَبَغَاء →Every word from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς →Every word from Italian pappagallo →