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Where does “Zebrastreifen” come from?

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

Zebrastreifen (German): zebra crossing

Definitions

  1. zebra crossing

Ancestry of “Zebrastreifen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZebrazebra
2Portuguesezebrazebra
3Old Portuguesezevrostupid, uncouth; a now-extinct species of...
4Old PortugueseezevroAlternative form of zevro
Every word from Old Portuguese ezevro →