ostrich
English
/ˈɒs.tɹɪt͡ʃ/, /ˈɔs.tɹɪt͡ʃ/
noun
Definitions
- A large flightless bird (Struthio camelus) native to Africa.
- (figurative) One who bury one's head in the buries one's head in the sand instead of acknowledging problems
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ostrich borrowed from ostrige borrowed from Old French ostruce derived from Latin *austruthio derived from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (ostrich), στρουθιοκάμηλος.
Origin
Ancient Greek
στρουθιοκάμηλος
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ostrich policy English
- ostrich politics English
- ostrichism English
- ostrichitis English
- ostrichize English
- ostrichlike English
- policy English
- politics English
- *austruthio Latin
- *austrūthiō Latin
- avis Latin
- struthio Latin
- struthiocamelus Latin
- struthiō Latin
- strūthio Latin
- strūthiō Latin
- autruche French
- avestruz Spanish, Castilian
- στρουθίων Ancient Greek
- στρουθιοκάμηλος Ancient Greek
- ostrich Middle English
- ostruce Old French
- abestrus Cebuano
- estrys Welsh
- autruche Norman
- abestrus Tagalog
- estrutz Old Occitan
- ostrige xno