Where does “parrot” come from?

Parrot comes from Middle French perroquet, which derives from Middle French perrot.

parrot (English): A kind of bird, many species of which are...

Definitions

  1. A kind of bird, many species of which are...

Ancestry of “parrot”, step by step

parrot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French perrot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchperrot—
2Middle Frenchperroquet—

via French perrot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchperrot—

Words derived from “parrot”

Every word from Middle French perroquet →Every word from Middle French perrot →