The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδορκᾰ́ς“roe, gazelle, antelope”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδορκάδιον
- translingual · borrowed fromDorcadion
- English todaydorcadion
Borrowed from translingual Dorcadion, itself from Ancient Greek δορκάδιον (dorkádion), a diminutive form of Ancient Greek δορκᾰ́ς (dorkắs, “roe, gazelle, antelope”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.