Where does “marabutto” come from?
marabutto (Italian) comes from French marabout, from Portuguese maraboto, from Moroccan Arabic مْرَابِط.
marabutto (Italian): marabout
Ancestry of “marabutto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | marabout | marabout; marabou, stork of the "Leptoptilos"... |
| 2 | Portuguese | maraboto | — |
| 3 | Moroccan Arabic | مْرَابِط | — |