Where does “Andorinha” come from?

Andorinha (English) comes from Portuguese andorinha, from Old Portuguese andorỹa, from Latin harundina, from Latin hirundō — swallow (bird).

Ancestry of “Andorinha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseandorinhabird of the family Hirundinidae (swallows, martins and saw-wings)
2Old Portugueseandorỹaswallow
3Latinharundina—
4Latinhirundōswallow (bird)
Every word from Latin hirundō →Every word from Latin harundina →Every word from Old Portuguese andorỹa →