The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπάρδος“leopard”
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπαρδαλωτός“spotted like a leopard”
- English todaypardalote
Back-formation from New Latin Pardalotus, from Ancient Greek παρδαλωτός (pardalōtós, “spotted like a leopard”), from Ancient Greek πάρδος (párdos, “leopard”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπάρδος all →
pard
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.