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Where does “psittac-” come from?
psittac- (English) comes from Latin psittacus, from Ancient Greek ψιττακός — parrot.
Ancestry of “psittac-”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
psittacus
A parrot
2
Ancient Greek
ψιττακός
parrot
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