Etymology

grackle

G2R1A1C3K5L1E1

Today it means: Any of several passerine birds of the genera Quiscalus, Hypopyrrhus, Lampropsar and Macroagelaius, of the Americas, having iridescent plumage. Full definition →

translingual Gracula ← Latin graculus
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Latin · derived fromgraculus“jackdaw”
  2. translingual · borrowed fromGracula
  3. English todaygrackle

From translingual Gracula, from Latin graculus (“jackdaw”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.