Where does “whatura” come from?

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

Ancestry of “whatura”, 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