Etymology

passeriform

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to a sparrow; sparrow-like; bird-like. Full definition →

Latin passer ← translingual Passeriformes
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The story

  1. translingual · borrowed fromPasseriformes
  2. Latin · derived frompasser“sparrow”
  3. English todaypasseriform

From Latin passer (“sparrow”), + -iform. Borrowed from translingual Passeriformes in the taxonomic sense.

Words from the same roots

Latinpasser all →

passerine

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