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 بَبَغَاء →Every word from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς →Every word from Italian pappagallo →