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Where does “colibri” come from?

colibri (Romanian) comes from French colibri, from Italian colibrì, from German Kolibri, from Russian коли́бри, from Spanish colibrí — hummingbird.

colibri (Romanian): hummingbird

Definitions

  1. hummingbird

Ancestry of “colibri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcolibrihummingbird
2Italiancolibrìhummingbird
3GermanKolibrihummingbird
4Russianколи́бри—
5Spanishcolibríhummingbird
Every word from Spanish colibrí →