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Where does “chamo” come from?

chamo (Haitian Creole) comes from French chameau, from Middle French chameau, from Old French chamel, from Vulgar Latin camellus, from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος, from Proto-Semitic gamal-.

chamo (Haitian Creole): camel

Definitions

  1. camel

Ancestry of “chamo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchameaucamel
2Middle Frenchchameaucamel
3Old Frenchchamelcamel
4Vulgar Latincamellus—
5Latincamēlus—
6Ancient Greekκάμηλοςcamel
7Proto-Semiticgamal-—
Every word from Proto-Semitic gamal- →