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Where does “colibri” come from?

colibri (Italian) comes from German Kolibri, from Russian коли́бри, from Spanish colibrí, from French colibri — hummingbird.

colibri (Italian): hummingbird

Definitions

  1. hummingbird

Ancestry of “colibri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKolibrihummingbird
2Russianколи́бри—
3Spanishcolibríhummingbird
4Frenchcolibrihummingbird
Every word from French colibri →