Where does “dromedaire” come from?

dromedaire (Old French) comes 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, from Hungarian ön- — sound, voice.

dromedaire (Old French): dromedary

Definitions

  1. dromedary

Ancestry of “dromedaire”, step by step

dromedaire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin dromedarius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatindromedariusA kind of camel
2Latindromasdromedary
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 Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound
11Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

via Late Latin dromedarius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latindromedariuskind of camel; A kind of camel

Words derived from “dromedaire”

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