Etymology

vulture

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Today it means: Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae. Full definition →

Anglo-Norman vultur ← Old French voutoir ← Latin vultur
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  1. Latin · derived fromvultur
  2. Old French · derived fromvoutoir
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromvultur
  4. English todayvulture

Borrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman vultur, from Old French voutoir, voutre, from Latin vultur, voltur. Displaced native Old English ūf.

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