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Burrito -

"Burrito" comes from the Spanish term for little burro, or little donkey.

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Bawl -

The word "bawl" comes from the sound that a dog makes. In Latin, the word originated from the verb baulare, "to bark like a dog."

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Pedigree -

"Pedigree" comes from the Anglo-Norman pé de grue, meaning "foot of the crane." The word refers to the lines on genealogical charts, which look like crane footprints.

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Cavalier -

The word "cavalier" comes from the Spanish cavallero, meaning "horse-rider," which in turn comes from cavallo, meaning "horse." Another related word is "chivalrous."

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Canopy -

In ancient Greece, a kanopeion, from the Greek word for mosquito, konops, was a chair or couch fitted with a mosquito net over it. As time went on, the name came to apply only to the net rather than the chair.

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Butcher -

"Butcher" goes back to the Anglo-Norman bocher to the Old French bochier, which was formed off the word boc, meaning "goat."

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Vaccine -

"Vaccine" comes from vacca, the Latin word for cow. The first vaccines were made from cowpox lesions, known as variola vaccinae, which were found to produce immunity from smallpox.

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Cynic -

"Cynic" comes from the Greek cynikos, meaning "dog-like" or "churlish."

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Hobby -

"Hobby" was an old term that people in England used to give cart-horses. It became a general word for a nice little pony, and then for a toy horse.

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Vixen -

"Vixen" is the feminine form of fox.

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Harpoon -

"Harpoon" comes from the French harpon, a cramp iron for holding stones together, which came from harpe, the word for a dog's claw.

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Formication -

"Formication" is the medical name for a creeping, tingling sensation felt on the skin, which takes its name from the Latin word for "ant," formica.

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Arctic -

The Arctic takes its name from the Greek word for bear, arktos. However, the bear in question isn't a polar bear but the Great Bear, or Ursa Major, a constellation in the northern sky.

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Easel -

"Easel" is another donkey word, derived from the Dutch word for donkey, ezel.

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Dandelion -

"Dandelion" comes from the French dent-de-lion, meaning "lion's tooth," a reference to the plant's jagged or tooth-like leaves.

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Sniper -

Dating back to the early 19th century, a "sniper" was originally someone who literally shot snipes.

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Caprice -

"Caprice" is another goat-related word, which is believed to go back to the Italian capro, meaning goat, known for their whimsical skipping about.

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Tyke -

Used today to describe a small, mischievous child, "tyke" comes from Old Norse tík, a word for a female dog.

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Aviation -

Aviation comes from the Latin word for bird, avis. It was coined in the 19th century, when humans were trying to figure out how to do that thing that birds do so well!

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Hackneyed -

"Hackneyed" comes from the Old French haquenée, a gentle sort of horse considered especially suitable for ladies to ride.

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Bellwether -

Used today to describe a leader or trendsetter, in the Middle Ages a "bellwether" was originally the lead animal in a flock of sheep.

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Pavilion -

"Pavilion" comes from the Latin word for butterfly, papilio. Pavilions were originally large tents, with durable fabric that unfurled like butterfly wings.

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Exocet -

An exocet is a type of marine missile developed by the French Navy in the late '60s. Its name is the French word for a flying fish.

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Harum-Scarum -

Meaning "reckless" or "disorganized," some linguists argue that the term comes from an old dialect corruption of "hare" and "scare," probably in reference to a hunter's dogs scaring rabbits and hares.

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Henchman -

The "hench" in henchman comes from hengest, an Old English word for a horse. The term was originally used to describe a knight or servant who would accompany a nobleman on horseback. 

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Tragedy -

"Tragedy" derives from the Greek word tragoedia, literally meaning "goat song." One theory claims it comes from actors in ancient Greece dressing up as legendary animals (like goat-legged satyrs) in performances of dramas and tragedies.

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Dauphin -

The title once held by the eldest son of the king of France, "dauphin" is actually the French word for dolphin.

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Sturdy -

The word is believed to derive from the Latin turdus, the dull brown and speckled songbirds we now call thrushes.

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Treacle -

"Treacle" was employed in the 14th century as a word for a medicine or antidote used to treat snakebites. In this context, it comes from therion, an ancient Greek word for wild animals.

Sources: (Mental Floss) (Dictionary.com)

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