Etymology

hartebeest

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Today it means: A species of grassland antelope, Alcelaphus buselaphus, native to parts of Africa. Full definition →

Afrikaans hartebeest
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The story

  1. Afrikaans · borrowed fromhartebeest
  2. English todayhartebeest

From early Afrikaans hartebeest (now hartebees), from Dutch hert (“deer, hart”) + Dutch beest (“beast”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.