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dromedary

/dˈɹɒməˌdeɹi/DRO-muh-deh-ree
/dˈɹɑməˌdɛɹi/DRAH-muh-deh-ree

Meaningrunning

Common meaning: one-humped camel

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√DRA‘run’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 161, p. 735 · scan
  2. Greekdromas‘running’source
  3. Late Latinmeaning shiftsrunning → better spelt dromada- riusdromedarius‘better spelt dromada- rius’source
  4. Frenchdromedaire‘a dromedary’source
  5. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsbetter spelt dromada- rius → cameldromedarie‘camel’source
  6. Englishdromedary‘one-humped camel’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek dromas ‘running’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry DROMEDARY, p. 180 · dictionary scan

Roots

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