Where does “Zebra” come from?

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

Zebra (Hunsrik): zebra

Definitions

  1. zebra

Ancestry of “Zebra”, 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 →