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CamelEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From a Cornish word meaning "crooked" - the crooked river.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗CamelEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From the Turkish tobacco used in the cigarette, similar to Egyptian cigarettes of the time.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗camelEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English camel, through Old English camel and Old Northern French camel (Old French chamel, modern French chameau), from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), from a Semitic source, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-; compare Arabic جَمَل (jamal), Hebrew גמל (gamál), Aramaic ܓܡܠܐ (gamlā), Coptic ϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ (čamoul). As a marine device, from Dutch. As an ethnic slur, short for camelfucker, camel jockey, etc.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗camelEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English camel, through Old English camel and Old Northern French camel (Old French chamel, modern French chameau), from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), from a Semitic source, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-; compare Arabic جَمَل (jamal), Hebrew גמל (gamál), Aramaic ܓܡܠܐ (gamlā), Coptic ϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ (čamoul). As a marine device, from Dutch. As an ethnic slur, short for camelfucker, camel jockey, etc.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗camelEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Etymology tree Proto-West Semitic *gamal-bor. Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos)bor. Latin camēlusbor. Middle Dutch camêel Dutch kameel Afrikaans kameelbor. English camel Borrowed from Afrikaans kameel.
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Mayhew–Skeat (1888)
1888; pinned HTML transcription updated October 28, 2024- CamelMiddle English · word_camel
Camel, sb. camel, MD; camelle, Prompt.; camaille, C2; chamelle, Prompt.; chamayle, MD.—OF. camel; Lat. camelum (acc.); Gr. κάμηλος; Heb. gāmāl. Author’s addition/correction: The regular OF. equivalent for Lat. camēlum wa
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Source section: Additions and Corrections. This separately printed note may duplicate a correction already integrated in the source dictionary. Camel. The regular OF. equivalent for Lat. camēlum was chameil. In OF. camel
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