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Where does “camel” come from?

camel (Middle English) comes from Old French cameil — Alternative form of camel.

camel (Middle English): camel

Definitions

  1. camel

Ancestry of “camel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchcameilAlternative form of camel

Words derived from “camel”

  • camel
  • camelback
  • camelry
  • camelthorn
  • CamelCase
  • cameleer
  • camelpox
  • camellike
  • camelshair
  • cameloid
  • camelbacked
  • camelish
  • camelfucker
  • anticamel
  • kamell
  • kamel
  • kamelo
  • ikamela
Every word from Old French cameil →