Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2018 July 5

= July 5 =

Etymology of Spanish grebe words
What is the origin of the Spanish word for birds of the genus Aechmophorus, Achichilique? And the name for other grebes, zambullidor/zampullin? 2602:304:B041:C79:9122:42BB:4902:6C72 (talk) 14:38, 5 July 2018 (UTC)


 * zambullir (to dive) < zabullir (to submerge) < Latin subbulliō, from Latin sub (below) + bulliō (I bubble, boil). —Stephen (talk) 16:27, 5 July 2018 (UTC)