Where does “pāloke” come from?

pāloke (Hawaiian) comes from English Parrot, from Middle French perrot, from Middle French perroquet.

pāloke (Hawaiian): parrot

Definitions

  1. parrot

Ancestry of “pāloke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishParrotA kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae
2Middle Frenchperrot—
3Middle Frenchperroquet—
Every word from Middle French perroquet →Every word from Middle French perrot →Every word from English Parrot →