The story
- Latin · derived fromalbicollis“white-necked”
- English todaywhite-necked myna
white + necked + myna, a partial calque of translingual Streptocitta albicollis, from Latin albicollis (“white-necked”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
white-necked myna
Today it means: Streptocitta albicollis, a common species of myna often confused for a magpie due to its coloration, endemic to Indonesia. Full definition →
Latin albicollis