Where does “καμηλοπάρδαλις” come from?

καμηλοπάρδαλις (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek κάμηλος, from Proto-Semitic gamal-.

καμηλοπάρδαλις (Ancient Greek): giraffe

Definitions

  1. giraffe

Ancestry of “καμηλοπάρδαλις”, step by step

καμηλοπάρδαλις traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek κάμηλος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekκάμηλοςcamel
2Proto-Semiticgamal-—

via Ancient Greek πάρδαλις

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπάρδαλιςleopard; panther

Words derived from “καμηλοπάρδαλις”

Every word from Proto-Semitic gamal- →Every word from Ancient Greek κάμηλος →