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 بَبَغَاءEvery word from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶςEvery word from Italian pappagallo