partridge

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπέρδιξ“partridge”
2. Latin · derived fromperdīx“partridge”
3. Old French · derived fromperdriz
4. Middle English · inherited frompartrich
5. English todaypartridge

From Middle English partrich, partriche, pertriche, perdriz, from Old French perdriz, partriz, from Latin perdīx (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”), probably from πέρδομαι (pérdomai, “to fart”).