Etymology

cotinga

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Today it means: Any of the neotropical passerine birds of the family Cotingidae. Full definition →

New Latin cotinga ← Old Tupi cutinga
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The story

  1. Old Tupi · derived fromcutinga
  2. New Latin · derived fromcotinga
  3. English todaycotinga

From New Latin cotinga, from Old Tupi cutinga.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.