Where does “parakeet” come from?

Parakeet comes from Middle French perroquet, a small parrot or parakeet.

parakeet (English): Any of various species of small parrot primarily...

Definitions

  1. Any of various species of small parrot primarily...

Ancestry of “parakeet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchperroquet—

Words derived from “parakeet”

Every word from Middle French perroquet →