Where does “mammoth” come from?

Mammoth comes from Russian мамант, a word of uncertain origin and meaning whose ultimate source remains unknown.

mammoth (English): Any species of the extinct genus "Mammuthus", of...

Definitions

  1. Any species of the extinct genus "Mammuthus", of...

Ancestry of “mammoth”, step by step

mammoth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian ма́монт

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianма́монтmammoth

via Russian ма́мант

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianма́мант

Words derived from “mammoth

Every word from Russian ма́монт
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