Where does “dromedari” come from?

dromedari (Middle English) comes from Old French dromedaire, from Latin dromedarius, from Latin dromas, from Ancient Greek δρομάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön — sound, voice.

Ancestry of “dromedari”, step by step

dromedari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French dromedaire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdromedairedromedary
2LatindromedariusA kind of camel
3Latindromasdromedary
4Ancient Greekδρομάςdromedary, Arabian camel
5Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
6Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
7Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
8Hungarianönyou
9Hungarianön-self-
10Turkishönfront
11Ottoman Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound
12Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

via Czech dromedár

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechdromedárdromedary

Words derived from “dromedari”

Every word from Proto-Turkic ǖn →Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς →Every word from Hungarian ön- →