The story
- Kari'na · derived fromtinamú“great tinamou”
- French · borrowed fromtinamou
- English todaytinamou
Borrowed from French tinamou, from Kari'na tinamú (“great tinamou”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tinamou
Today it means: Any of the birds belonging to the South American family Tinamidae, the only family in the order Tinamiformes. They are related to the ratites, together with which they form the superorder Paleognathae. Full definition →
French tinamou ← Kari'na tinamú