Where does “marabou” come from?

marabou (French) comes from French marabout, from Portuguese maraboto, from Moroccan Arabic مْرَابِط.

Ancestry of “marabou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmaraboutmarabout; marabou, stork of the "Leptoptilos"...
2Portuguesemaraboto—
3Moroccan Arabicمْرَابِط—

Words derived from “marabou”

Every word from Moroccan Arabic مْرَابِط →Every word from Portuguese maraboto →Every word from French marabout →