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The etymology of the word penguin is still debated. The English word is not apparently of French, [13] Breton [14] or Spanish [15] origin (the latter two are attributed to the French word pingouin), but first appears in English or Dutch. [13]
In Dutch, the alternative word for penguin is "fat-goose" (vetgans see: Dutch wiki or dictionaries under Pinguïn), and would indicate this bird received its name from its appearance. Mither An English word possibly from the Welsh word "moedro" meaning to bother or pester someone. Possible links to the Yorkshire variant "moither"
The word "penguin" first appears in the sixteenth century as a synonym for "great auk". [21] Although the etymology is debated, the generic name "penguin" may be derived from the Welsh pen gwyn "white head", either because the birds lived in New Brunswick on White Head Island (Pen Gwyn in Welsh) or because the great auk had such large white ...
When the common name of the organism in English derives from an indigenous language of the Americas, it is given first. In biological nomenclature , organisms receive scientific names , which are formally in Latin , but may be drawn from any language and many have incorporated words from indigenous language of the Americas.
Where this fits in with what we knew about penguins Some genetic analysis has shown that the Spheniscidae family , which present penguins belong to, evolved from flightless birds that lived 40-100 ...
Lists of English words of Celtic origin; List of English words of Chinese origin; List of English words of Czech origin; List of English words of Dravidian origin (Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu) List of English words of Dutch origin. List of English words of Afrikaans origin; List of South African slang words; List of place names of Dutch ...
The penguin arrived on Ocean Beach in Denmark, Western Australia, on Friday, according to a statement from Australia’s Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA), sent to ...
The Penguin is following a traditional HBO drop schedule so one new episode will be released every single week, however, there's a bit of a twist. While the show's first episode did drop on a ...