elifant
Old Spanish
[e.liˈɸãnt]
noun
Definitions
- elephant
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French elefant derived from Latin elephāns derived from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (elephant, ivory).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἐλέφας
Gloss
elephant, ivory
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
象
Emoji
🐘
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- elephantem Latin
- elephantus Latin
- elephas Latin
- elephāns Latin
- elephās Latin
- ἐλέφας Ancient Greek
- ἐλέφᾱς Ancient Greek
- ἐλεφάντινος Ancient Greek
- ἐλεφαντομαχία Ancient Greek
- *elpanduz Proto-Germanic
- *ulbanduz Proto-Germanic
- elefant Middle English
- elefant Old French
- eleofant Old Spanish
- 𐀁𐀩𐀞 Mycenaean Greek
- *eḷu Proto-Berber