camel

camel · noun, adjective¹

1. Proto-Semitic · derived from*gamal-
2. Semitic · derived from
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromκάμηλος
4. Latin · derived fromcamēlus
5. Old Northern French · derived fromcamel
6. Old English · inherited fromcamel
7. Middle English · inherited fromcamel
8. English todaycamel

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.

camel · noun²

1. Ancient Greekκάμηλος (kámēlos)
2. Latincamēlus
3. Middle Dutchcamêel
4. Dutchkameel
5. Afrikaanskamee
6. English todaycamel

Borrowed from Afrikaans kameel.

Camel · proper noun³

From a Cornish word meaning "crooked" - the crooked river.

Camel · noun⁴

From the Turkish tobacco used in the cigarette, similar to Egyptian cigarettes of the time.