Where does “pappagall” come from?

pappagall (Maltese) comes from Italian pappagallo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς, from Arabic بَبَغَاء.

pappagall (Maltese): parrot

Definitions

  1. parrot

Ancestry of “pappagall”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpappagalloparrot; wolf; a person repeating others' words...
2Byzantine Greekπαπαγᾶς—
3Arabicبَبَغَاء—
Every word from Arabic بَبَغَاء →Every word from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς →Every word from Italian pappagallo →