Where does “zébu” come from?

zébu (French) comes from Tibetan dzo-po, from Classical Tibetan mdzo-po, from Classical Tibetan mdzo — cow and yak hybrid.

zébu (French): zebu

Definitions

  1. zebu

Ancestry of “zébu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetandzo-pomale offspring of a female cow and yak bull
2Classical Tibetanmdzo-po—
3Classical Tibetanmdzocow and yak hybrid

Words derived from “zébu”

Every word from Classical Tibetan mdzo →Every word from Classical Tibetan mdzo-po →Every word from Tibetan dzo-po →