camelopard

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκαμηλοπάρδαλις“giraffe”
2. Latin · learned borrowing fromcamēlopardus
3. English todaycamelopard

Learned borrowing from Latin camēlopardus, variant of camēlopardalis, from Ancient Greek καμηλοπάρδαλις (kamēlopárdalis, “giraffe”).