Where does “kakabeak” come from?
kakabeak (English) comes from English kaka, from Maori kākā, from Maori kā, from English car, from Middle English carre, from Anglo-Norman carre, from Latin carra, from Latin carrus — to run.
kakabeak (English): Any of various flowering plants in the genus...
Definitions
- Any of various flowering plants in the genus...
Ancestry of “kakabeak”, step by step
kakabeak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English kaka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kaka | Any of four taxa of birds in the genus "Nestor"... |
| 2 | Maori | kākā | a parrot |
| 3 | Maori | kā | to burn; to screech |
| 4 | English | car | A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with... |
| 5 | Middle English | carre | cart, wagon |
| 6 | Anglo-Norman | carre | cart |
| 7 | Latin | carra | — |
| 8 | Latin | carrus | a wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,... |
| 9 | Gaulish | karros | wagon |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | karros | wagon |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥sós | vehicle |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |
via English beak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | beak | "Anatomical uses"; "Figurative uses"; "Colloquial... |
| 2 | Middle English | bec | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | bec | — |
| 4 | Old French | bec | beak, bill |
| 5 | Latin | beccus | beak, bill |
| 6 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 7 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 8 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 9 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |