Where does “tórtolo” come from?

tórtolo (Spanish) comes from Spanish tórtola, from Old Spanish tórtora, from Latin turtur — turtle dove.

tórtolo (Spanish): lovebird (person)

Definitions

  1. lovebird (person)

Ancestry of “tórtolo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtórtolaturtle dove
2Old Spanishtórtora
3Latinturturturtle dove

Words derived from “tórtolo

Every word from Latin turtur