Where does “cormorão” come from?

cormorão (Portuguese) comes from French cormoran, from Old French cormoran, from Medieval Latin [[corvus]] [[marīnus]].

cormorão (Portuguese): cormorant bird of the family

Definitions

  1. cormorant bird of the family

Ancestry of “cormorão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcormorancormorant
2Old Frenchcormoran—
3Medieval Latin[[corvus]] [[marīnus]]—
Every word from Medieval Latin [[corvus]] [[marīnus]] →Every word from Old French cormoran →Every word from French cormoran →