Where does “papegan” come from?

papegan (Middle High German) comes from Old French papegai, from Old Spanish papagayo, from Greek παπαγάλος, from Italian pappagallo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς, from Arabic بَبَغَاء.

Ancestry of “papegan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpapegaiparrot
2Old Spanishpapagayo
3Greekπαπαγάλοςparrot; a person who repeats uncritically what...
4Italianpappagalloparrot; wolf; a person repeating others' words...
5Byzantine Greekπαπαγᾶς
6Arabicبَبَغَاء
Every word from Arabic بَبَغَاءEvery word from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶςEvery word from Italian pappagallo
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