English
parakeet
Parakeet comes from Middle French perroquet.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600perroquet
- Englishearliest quotation 1603parakeet
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600perroquet
- Englishearliest quotation 1603parakeet
Earliest quotation: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes […]: “we had loved them for our pastimes, as we…”
Every English word from Middle French perroquet
Today it means
noun Any of various species of small parrot primarily of tropical regions.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French perroquet / parakeet