Animals, plants & weather

condor

The Andean vulture is Quechua kuntur, which Spanish made cóndor, with the d of the coastal Quechua the conquerors met first; from Spanish it flew into every European language.

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1540Quechua

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

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