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burdo.

mule; hinny; (general term for horse/ass hybrids); pilgrim's "mule"/staff;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈbʊr.doː]Classical-Latin[ˈbur.do]
  1. mule; hinny (offspring of a jackass and a mare or of a stallion and a jenny)

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Where this word comes from

Not natively Latin since an initial v would be expected; probably of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *burdus (“mule”), according to Whatmough, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥dus, *gʷrd-o- (“slow, heavy, tired”).

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