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Where does “ġemel” come from?
ġemel (Maltese) comes from Arabic جَمَل, from Proto-Semitic gamal-.
ġemel
(Maltese): camel
Definitions
camel
Ancestry of “ġemel”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Arabic
جَمَل
camel
2
Proto-Semitic
gamal-
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