Where does “Goldbugpapagei” come from?
Goldbugpapagei (German) comes from German Papagei, from Middle High German papegei, from Old French papegai, from Old Spanish papagayo, from Greek παπαγάλος, from Italian pappagallo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς, from Arabic بَبَغَاء.
Goldbugpapagei (German): the Meyer's parrot or brown parrot; any bird of the parrot species Poicephalus meyeri in the family Psittacidae
Definitions
- the Meyer's parrot or brown parrot; any bird of the parrot species Poicephalus meyeri in the family Psittacidae
Ancestry of “Goldbugpapagei”, step by step
Goldbugpapagei traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Papagei
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Papagei | parrot |
| 2 | Middle High German | papegei | — |
| 3 | Old French | papegai | parrot |
| 4 | Old Spanish | papagayo | — |
| 5 | Greek | παπαγάλος | parrot; a person who repeats uncritically what... |
| 6 | Italian | pappagallo | parrot; wolf; a person repeating others' words... |
| 7 | Byzantine Greek | παπαγᾶς | — |
| 8 | Arabic | بَبَغَاء | — |
via German Bug
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bug | bow, prow; nose; shoulder joint |
| 2 | Polish | Bug | software bug |
| 3 | English | Bug | A Volkswagen Beetle car; A Bugatti car |
| 4 | English | bugge | beetle |
| 5 | Middle English | bugge | bogy, hobgoblin, bugbear; scarecrow |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bugja- | swollen up, thick |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |