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- Ancient Greek · derived fromβούβαλος
- Latin · borrowed frombūbalus
- English todaybubale
PIE word *gʷṓws From Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos). Doublet of buffalo and buffle.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
bubale
Today it means: Any of several North African antelopes of the genus Alcelaphus. Full definition →
Latin būbalus ← Ancient Greek βούβαλος