Where does “white-winged parakeet” come from?
white-winged parakeet (English) comes from English parakeet, from Middle French perroquet.
white-winged parakeet (English): Brotogeris versicolurus, a species of parakeet native to the Amazon River, but has since been exported to many more places, where it now has stable free-roaming populations
Definitions
- Brotogeris versicolurus, a species of parakeet native to the Amazon River, but has since been exported to many more places, where it now has stable free-roaming populations
Ancestry of “white-winged parakeet”, step by step
white-winged parakeet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English parakeet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | parakeet | Any of various species of small parrot primarily... |
| 2 | Middle French | perroquet | — |
via English white-winged
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | white-winged | — |