English
gallinule
Gallinule comes from Latin gallinula.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgallinula
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgallinule
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgallinula
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgallinule
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Latin gallinula
Today it means
noun A bird of one of several species in the genera Porphyrio and Gallinula of the family Rallidae.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin gallinula / gallinule