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Where does “cameel” come from?

cameel (Middle Dutch) comes from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος, from Proto-Semitic gamal-.

Ancestry of “cameel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincamēlus—
2Ancient Greekκάμηλοςcamel
3Proto-Semiticgamal-—

Words derived from “cameel”

  • kameel
  • kameel
Every word from Proto-Semitic gamal- →