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Where does “mandrill” come from?

mandrill (French) comes from English mandrill, from English MAN, from Middle English man, from Old English mān, from Sanskrit महादेव, from Sanskrit महा, from Sanskrit महायान, from Sanskrit यान — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

Ancestry of “mandrill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmandrillA primate, Mandrillus sphinx, with colorful face...
2EnglishMANInitialism of Metropolitan Area Network
3Middle EnglishmanTypically singular, indefinite pronoun: one, you;...
4Old Englishmānbad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;...
5Sanskritमहादेव—
6Sanskritमहाcombining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,...
7Sanskritमहायान—
8Sanskritयानcarriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,...
9Proto-Indo-AryanyáHnam—
10Proto-Indo-IranianyáHnam—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyéh₂-nom—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel

Words derived from “mandrill”

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