Etymology

condor

C3O1N1D2O1R1

Today it means: Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California. Full definition →

Spanish cóndor ← Classical Quechua kuntur
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  1. Classical Quechua · derived fromkuntur
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromcóndor
  3. English todaycondor

From Spanish cóndor, from Classical Quechua kuntur. The change /t/ to /d/ was characteristic of the "coastal" variety of the language.

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