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Where does “pelagwet” come from?

pelagwet (Mi'kmaq) comes from French perroquet, from Italian parrocchetto, from Italian parroco, from Medieval Latin parochus, from Ancient Greek πάροχος, from Ancient Greek παρέχω, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ-, from Ancient Greek παρά.

pelagwet (Mi'kmaq): parrot

Definitions

  1. parrot

Ancestry of “pelagwet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchperroquetparrot; topgallant
2Italianparrocchettoparakeet, parrot; foretopsail; foretopmast
3Italianparrocoparish priest
4Medieval Latinparochus—
5Ancient Greekπάροχος—
6Ancient GreekπαρέχωI hold beside, hold in readiness, to furnish,...
7Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ-near; next to; by, near
8Ancient Greekπαρά
9Latinverēdus—
10Gaulishwerēdoshorse
11Proto-Celtic*uɸoreidos—
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