Where does “gazelle” come from?

gazelle (French) comes from Spanish gacela, from Spanish gacel, from Arabic غَزَال.

gazelle (French): gazelle

Definitions

  1. gazelle

Ancestry of “gazelle”, step by step

gazelle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish gacela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishgacelagazelle
2Spanishgacelmale gazelle
3Arabicغَزَال—

via Old French gazel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgazel—

Words derived from “gazelle”

Every word from Arabic غَزَال →Every word from Spanish gacel →Every word from Spanish gacela →