Where does “étourneau” come from?

étourneau (French) comes from Old French esturnel, from Late Latin sturnellus, from Latin Sturnus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tern- — starling.

étourneau (French): starling; birdbrain, scatterbrain

Definitions

  1. starling; birdbrain, scatterbrain

Ancestry of “étourneau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchesturnel—
2Late Latinsturnellus—
3LatinSturnusstarling
4Proto-Indo-European(s)tern-starling
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tern- →Every word from Latin Sturnus →Every word from Late Latin sturnellus →