Where does “giraffe” come from?

Giraffe comes from French giraffe, from Arabic زَرَافَة, from Classical Syriac ܙܵܪܝܼܦܵܐ, ultimately deriving from Persian زرناپا.

giraffe (English): A ruminant, of the genus "Giraffa", of the...

Definitions

  1. A ruminant, of the genus "Giraffa", of the...

Ancestry of “giraffe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchgiraffegiraffe mammal

Words derived from “giraffe

Every word from Middle French giraffe
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