Etymology

Pedra Branca skink

Today it means: Carinascincus palfreymani, a species of skink. Full definition →

Portuguese pedra
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Portuguese · borrowed frombranca“white”
  2. Portuguese · borrowed frompedra“stone, rock”
  3. English todayPedra Branca skink

From Pedra Branca + skink, from Portuguese pedra (“stone, rock”) + Portuguese branca (“white”).

Words from the same roots

Portuguesebranco all →

Branco

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.