Condor — Lexography

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cuntur · Quechua
noun · Quechua
Reading: KUN-tur (Quechua conventional)
the South American vulture. Historical source-stage form associated with condor; the journey preserves the source's qualifications.
No secure word-specific date — The inspected lexical evidence for cuntur does not supply a secure dated witness for this displayed stage; contextual history and the date of an object or practice are not substituted.
Andean Quechua–Spanish–English contact corridor — Supported language, speech, community or contact-corridor region; not a precise lexical birthplace.
cuntur is the inspected source form associated with the historical source stage for English condor. condor(n.) opening paragraph
Condor is recorded in English from about 1600 through American Spanish, from Quechua cuntur, the native name for the large South American bird. condor(n.) opening paragraph
condor: an inspected specialist, institutional or national-language source supports the displayed forms and the selected conventional readings; reconstructed or historical readings remain explicitly qualified. 6e édition; headword history and definition
condor: the map point is a supported language, speech-community or documented contact-corridor reference, not a precise lexical birthplace. 6e édition; headword history and definition
condor: lexical dates are retained only where the inspected record dates a form or sense; contextual object, cultural, institutional and biographical dates are not substituted for word chronology. 6e édition; headword history and definition
condor: the route preserves competing analyses, qualified edges and semantic distinctions required by the inspected evidence. 6e édition; headword history and definition
condor: adjacent relations are retained with their existing type and certainty unless the inspected evidence requires a qualified or parallel reading. 6e édition; headword history and definition
condor · American Spanish
noun · American Spanish
Reading: KON-dor (Spanish)
the South American vulture. An intermediary form named by the inspected lexical account; it is not treated as an exhaustive transmission record.
No secure word-specific date — The inspected lexical evidence for condor does not supply a secure dated witness for this displayed stage; contextual history and the date of an object or practice are not substituted.
Andean Quechua–Spanish–English contact corridor — Supported language, speech, community or contact-corridor region; not a precise lexical birthplace.
Condor is recorded in English from about 1600 through American Spanish, from Quechua cuntur, the native name for the large South American bird. condor(n.) opening paragraph
condor: an inspected specialist, institutional or national-language source supports the displayed forms and the selected conventional readings; reconstructed or historical readings remain explicitly qualified. 6e édition; headword history and definition
condor: the map point is a supported language, speech-community or documented contact-corridor reference, not a precise lexical birthplace. 6e édition; headword history and definition
condor: lexical dates are retained only where the inspected record dates a form or sense; contextual object, cultural, institutional and biographical dates are not substituted for word chronology. 6e édition; headword history and definition
condor: the route preserves competing analyses, qualified edges and semantic distinctions required by the inspected evidence. 6e édition; headword history and definition
condor: adjacent relations are retained with their existing type and certainty unless the inspected evidence requires a qualified or parallel reading. 6e édition; headword history and definition
condor · English
noun · English
Reading: KON-dor
the South American vulture. The English form and selected sense are represented from the inspected lexical account; unsupported pronunciation and location are left unresolved.
No secure word-specific date — The inspected lexical evidence for condor does not supply a secure dated witness for this displayed stage; contextual history and the date of an object or practice are not substituted.
English lexical reference region (not origin) — Reference region for the English lexical stage; not a birthplace or borrowing point.
Condor is recorded in English from about 1600 through American Spanish, from Quechua cuntur, the native name for the large South American bird. condor(n.) opening paragraph
The inspected source supports the selected condor sense: the South American vulture. condor(n.) opening paragraph
condor: an inspected specialist, institutional or national-language source supports the displayed forms and the selected conventional readings; reconstructed or historical readings remain explicitly qualified. 6e édition; headword history and definition
condor: the map point is a supported language, speech-community or documented contact-corridor reference, not a precise lexical birthplace. 6e édition; headword history and definition
condor: lexical dates are retained only where the inspected record dates a form or sense; contextual object, cultural, institutional and biographical dates are not substituted for word chronology. 6e édition; headword history and definition
condor: the route preserves competing analyses, qualified edges and semantic distinctions required by the inspected evidence. 6e édition; headword history and definition
condor: adjacent relations are retained with their existing type and certainty unless the inspected evidence requires a qualified or parallel reading. 6e édition; headword history and definition

Relationships

cuntur → condor: borrowing, documented. The inspected passage supports the bounded Quechua-to-American-Spanish-to-English route for the selected bird sense. condor(n.) opening paragraph 6e édition; headword history and definition

condor → condor: borrowing, documented. The inspected passage supports the bounded Quechua-to-American-Spanish-to-English route for the selected bird sense. condor(n.) opening paragraph 6e édition; headword history and definition

Inspect the evidence 8 claims

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01cuntur is the inspected source form associated with the historical source stage for English condor.
Source
Online Etymology Dictionary — condorOnline Etymology Dictionarycondor(n.) opening paragraph
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
Condor is recorded in English from about 1600 through American Spanish, from Quechua cuntur, the native name for the large South American bird.
condor(n.) opening paragraph
Qualification Source-supported
The inspected passage supports the bounded Quechua-to-American-Spanish-to-English route for the selected bird sense.
What Lexography infers
Lexography retains the inspected account at its stated level and does not infer an unsupported origin, date, reading or location.
Checked 2026-09-19. Original factual paraphrase from an inspected source passage; no full article redistributed.
02Condor is recorded in English from about 1600 through American Spanish, from Quechua cuntur, the native name for the large South American bird.
Source
Online Etymology Dictionary — condorOnline Etymology Dictionarycondor(n.) opening paragraph
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
Condor is recorded in English from about 1600 through American Spanish, from Quechua cuntur, the native name for the large South American bird.
condor(n.) opening paragraph
Qualification Source-supported
The inspected passage supports the bounded Quechua-to-American-Spanish-to-English route for the selected bird sense.
What Lexography infers
Lexography retains the inspected account at its stated level and does not infer an unsupported origin, date, reading or location.
Checked 2026-09-19. Original factual paraphrase from an inspected source passage; no full article redistributed.
03The inspected source supports the selected condor sense: the South American vulture.
Source
Online Etymology Dictionary — condorOnline Etymology Dictionarycondor(n.) opening paragraph
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
Condor is recorded in English from about 1600 through American Spanish, from Quechua cuntur, the native name for the large South American bird.
condor(n.) opening paragraph
Qualification Source-supported
The inspected passage supports the bounded Quechua-to-American-Spanish-to-English route for the selected bird sense.
What Lexography infers
Lexography retains the inspected account at its stated level and does not infer an unsupported origin, date, reading or location.
Checked 2026-09-19. Original factual paraphrase from an inspected source passage; no full article redistributed.
04condor: an inspected specialist, institutional or national-language source supports the displayed forms and the selected conventional readings; reconstructed or historical readings remain explicitly qualified.
Source
CUNTUR, CONTAUR ou CONDOR — Dictionnaire de Trévoux, 1771Dictionnaire de Trévoux6e édition; headword history and definition
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
The historical French dictionary groups cuntur, contaur and condor as the Andean bird term and preserves the Spanish/Quechua contact form rather than deriving it from bird ecology.
6e édition; headword history and definition
Qualification Source-supported
A conventional reading is not presented as an exact recording of every historical speaker; transliteration remains distinct from pronunciation.
What Lexography infers
Lexography records the strongest recoverable reading for each displayed stage without projecting a modern pronunciation backward.
Checked 2026-09-20 · revision Page or abstract inspected for lexical history, readings, sense chronology and qualifications. new
05condor: the map point is a supported language, speech-community or documented contact-corridor reference, not a precise lexical birthplace.
Source
CUNTUR, CONTAUR ou CONDOR — Dictionnaire de Trévoux, 1771Dictionnaire de Trévoux6e édition; headword history and definition
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
The historical French dictionary groups cuntur, contaur and condor as the Andean bird term and preserves the Spanish/Quechua contact form rather than deriving it from bird ecology.
6e édition; headword history and definition
Qualification Qualified
Reference coordinates orient the language or contact corridor and do not assert a territorial boundary, donor village or origin site.
What Lexography infers
Lexography uses the strongest defensible regional precision available in the inspected evidence.
Checked 2026-09-20 · revision Page or abstract inspected for lexical history, readings, sense chronology and qualifications. new
06condor: lexical dates are retained only where the inspected record dates a form or sense; contextual object, cultural, institutional and biographical dates are not substituted for word chronology.
Source
CUNTUR, CONTAUR ou CONDOR — Dictionnaire de Trévoux, 1771Dictionnaire de Trévoux6e édition; headword history and definition
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
The historical French dictionary groups cuntur, contaur and condor as the Andean bird term and preserves the Spanish/Quechua contact form rather than deriving it from bird ecology.
6e édition; headword history and definition
Qualification Qualified
Undated reconstructed or historical stages remain researched unresolved rather than receiving an invented date.
What Lexography infers
Lexography distinguishes attestation, documented use, sense attestation, bounded lexical periods and context.
Checked 2026-09-20 · revision Page or abstract inspected for lexical history, readings, sense chronology and qualifications. new
07condor: the route preserves competing analyses, qualified edges and semantic distinctions required by the inspected evidence.
Source
CUNTUR, CONTAUR ou CONDOR — Dictionnaire de Trévoux, 1771Dictionnaire de Trévoux6e édition; headword history and definition
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
The historical French dictionary groups cuntur, contaur and condor as the Andean bird term and preserves the Spanish/Quechua contact form rather than deriving it from bird ecology.
6e édition; headword history and definition
Qualification Qualified
The map marks an Andean language/contact region, not a precise birthplace; ecological range and fossil history are not lexical dates.
What Lexography infers
The narrative and topology are editorial representations of the evidence graph, not proof that every adjacent form is a direct parent.
Checked 2026-09-20 · revision Page or abstract inspected for lexical history, readings, sense chronology and qualifications. new
08condor: adjacent relations are retained with their existing type and certainty unless the inspected evidence requires a qualified or parallel reading.
Source
CUNTUR, CONTAUR ou CONDOR — Dictionnaire de Trévoux, 1771Dictionnaire de Trévoux6e édition; headword history and definition
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
The historical French dictionary groups cuntur, contaur and condor as the Andean bird term and preserves the Spanish/Quechua contact form rather than deriving it from bird ecology.
6e édition; headword history and definition
Qualification Qualified
A displayed tree edge does not erase non-tree alternatives or convert cognacy, influence or comparison into direct borrowing.
What Lexography infers
Lexography preserves the current topology and records the evidence limits alongside each relation.
Checked 2026-09-20 · revision Page or abstract inspected for lexical history, readings, sense chronology and qualifications. new