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Where does “antelope” come from?

Antelope comes from Middle English antelope, from Old French antelop, ultimately derived from Ancient Greek elements including the prefix ἀν- and roots tracing to Proto-Indo-European ne and sem-.

antelope (English): Any of several African mammals of the family...

Definitions

  1. Any of several African mammals of the family...

Ancestry of “antelope”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishantelopeantelope; heraldic antelope
2Old Frenchantelop—
3Medieval Latinantilops—
4Byzantine Greekἀνθόλοψantelope
5Ancient Greekἀν-Alternative form of ἀ- used before a vowel;...
6Ancient Greekὀρθόςstraight, upright, erect; straight forward, in a...
7Proto-Hellenicortʰwós—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃r̥dʰwós—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erdʰ-to increase, grow; upright, high
10Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “antelope”

  • antelopelike
  • Pferdeantilope
  • Antilope
  • アンテロープ
  • antilop
  • antilopod
  • antilopjuk
  • antelop
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