The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπελεκάν
- Latin · derived frompelecānus
- Old English · inherited frompellican“pelican”
- Middle English · inherited frompellican
- English todaypelican
From Middle English pellican, pellicane, from Old English pellican (“pelican”), from Latin pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán), πέλεκυς (pélekus, “hatchet”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.