Where does “Papagei” come from?

Papagei (German) comes 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.

Papagei (German): parrot

Definitions

  1. parrot

Ancestry of “Papagei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanpapegei
2Old Frenchpapegaiparrot
3Old Spanishpapagayo
4Greekπαπαγάλοςparrot; a person who repeats uncritically what...
5Italianpappagalloparrot; wolf; a person repeating others' words...
6Byzantine Greekπαπαγᾶς
7Arabicبَبَغَاء

Words derived from “Papagei

Every word from Arabic بَبَغَاءEvery word from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶςEvery word from Italian pappagallo