Where does “vulture” come from?

Vulture comes from Anglo-Norman vultur, from Old French voutoir, from Latin vultur, a word for the large carrion-eating bird.

vulture (English): Any of several carrion-eating birds of the...

Definitions

  1. Any of several carrion-eating birds of the...

Ancestry of “vulture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-NormanvulturAlternative form of voutoir
2Old Frenchvoutoirvulture
3LatinVulturvulture

Words derived from “vulture

Every word from Latin Vultur