Where does “Zebra” come from?

Zebra (German) comes from Portuguese zebra, from Old Portuguese zevro, from Old Portuguese ezevro — Alternative form of zevro.

Zebra (German): zebra

Definitions

  1. zebra

Ancestry of “Zebra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesezebrazebra
2Old Portuguesezevrostupid, uncouth; a now-extinct species of...
3Old PortugueseezevroAlternative form of zevro

Words derived from “Zebra”

Every word from Old Portuguese ezevro →