means A brightly colored tropical bird known for its hooked beak, strong social bonds, and remarkable ability to mimic human speech and other sounds.

from Comes from the French 'perroquet,' a diminutive that may playfully echo 'Pierrot' (a pet form of the name Pierre) — the cute habit of giving talking birds human names, the way we still call them Polly. The exact path is a bit murky, but the idea of a small chattering 'Pete' fits a bird forever doing impressions. English then turned 'parrot' into a verb: to parrot is to repeat without understanding, which is precisely the bird's whole charm and crime.