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Where does “arapapegoja” come from?

arapapegoja (Swedish) comes from Swedish papegoja, from Old French papegai, from Old Spanish papagayo, from Greek παπαγάλος, from Italian pappagallo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς, from Arabic بَبَغَاء.

arapapegoja (Swedish): an ara, a macaw

Definitions

  1. an ara, a macaw

Ancestry of “arapapegoja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishpapegojaa parrot
2Old Frenchpapegaiparrot
3Old Spanishpapagayo—
4Greekπαπαγάλοςparrot; a person who repeats uncritically what...
5Italianpappagalloparrot; wolf; a person repeating others' words...
6Byzantine Greekπαπαγᾶς—
7Arabicبَبَغَاء—
Every word from Arabic بَبَغَاء →