Etymology

sittella

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Today it means: A small passerine bird of the genus Daphoenositta, found in Australasia. Full definition →

Latin sitta
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromsitta“nuthatch”
  2. English todaysittella

From New Latin (genus name), diminutive of Latin sitta (“nuthatch”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.