Where does “wulekula” come from?

wulekula (Hawaiian) comes from English vulture, from Anglo-Norman vultur, from Old French voutoir, from Latin Vultur — vulture.

wulekula (Hawaiian): vulture bird

Definitions

  1. vulture bird

Ancestry of “wulekula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvultureAny of several carrion-eating birds of the...
2Anglo-NormanvulturAlternative form of voutoir
3Old Frenchvoutoirvulture
4LatinVulturvulture
Every word from Latin Vultur