Etymology

burro

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Today it means: A small donkey, especially when used as a pack animal or one that is feral and lives in the southwestern United States or northern Mexico. Full definition →

Spanish burro ← Vulgar Latin *burrīccus ← Latin burricus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  3. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  4. Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
  5. Latinburrus
  6. Latinburricus
  7. Vulgar Latin*burrīccus
  8. Spanishborricobf.
  9. Spanishburro
  10. English todayburro

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

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