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Where does “dromadaire” come from?

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

Ancestry of “dromadaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latindromedariuskind of camel; A kind of camel
2Latindromas—
3Ancient Greekδρομάςdromedary, Arabian camel
4Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
5Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
6Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
7Hungarianönyou
8Hungarianön-self-
9Turkishönfront
10Ottoman Turkishاوك—
11Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

Words derived from “dromadaire”

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