ostrich

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστρουθοκᾰ́μηλος
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromστρουθίων
3. Vulgar Latin · derived from*austruthio
4. Old French · derived fromostruce
5. Anglo-Norman · derived fromostrige
6. Middle English · inherited fromostrich
7. English todayostrich

From Middle English ostrich, ostriche, ostryche, ostrige, borrowed from Anglo-Norman ostrige and Old French ostruce, from Vulgar Latin *austruthio, from Latin avis (“bird”) + strūthiō (“ostrich”), from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn), or shortened from strūthiocamēlus, from Ancient Greek στρουθοκᾰ́μηλος (strouthokắmēlos), from στρουθός (strouthós, “sparrow”) + κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”). Compare Spanish avestruz and Portuguese avestruz.