The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromψιττακός
- Latin · derived frompsittacus“parrot”
- English todaypsittac-
From Latin psittacus (“parrot”), from Ancient Greek ψιττακός (psittakós).
Words from the same roots
Latinpsittacus all →
psittacosispsittacism
Ancient Greekψιττακός all →
psittacinepsittacosauridpsittacosaurus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.