Where does “flamingo” come from?
flamingo (Sranan Tongo) comes from Dutch flamingo, from Portuguese flamingo, from Spanish flamenco, from Old Occitan flamenc, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō — to smell.
flamingo (Sranan Tongo): scarlet ibis, "Eudocimus ruber"
Definitions
- scarlet ibis, "Eudocimus ruber"
Ancestry of “flamingo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | flamingo | flamingo, bird of the family Phoenicopteridae;... |
| 2 | Portuguese | flamingo | flamingo bird |
| 3 | Spanish | flamenco | Flemish; flamenco; insolent, cheeky |
| 4 | Old Occitan | flamenc | flame colored |
| 5 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 6 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |