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Kamel

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (neuter, strong) camel
  2. (dated, informal, neuter, strong) a stupid person

Fréquence

C2
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/kaˈmeːl/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

Inherited from Middle High German kemel, kemmel, kembel, borrowed during the Crusades from Byzantine Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), probably in part also from Arabic جَمَل (jamal), which best explains the e-vocalism (as Arabic a is [æ] or even [ɛ] in this word). The modern form with final stress is a 16th-century learned alteration after Latin camēlus, itself from Ancient Greek, from a Semitic language. It was accordingly mostly spelt Kameel until the early 20th century (a spelling then abolished after words like Klientel, parallel). An older term for the animal was Old High German olbenta.

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