Where does “cacatua” come from?
cacatua (Portuguese) comes from Malay kakatuwa, from Spanish cacatúa, from Malay kakaktua, from Malay tua, from Classical Malay tua, from Malay tuha, from Proto-Malayic tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic tuha — old.
cacatua (Portuguese): cockatoo
Ancestry of “cacatua”, step by step
Words derived from “cacatua”