Etymology

olifant

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Today it means: An ancient hunting horn, made of ivory. Full definition →

Middle English olifaunt ← Old French oliphaunt ← Latin elephantus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromelephantus
  2. Old French · derived fromoliphaunt
  3. Middle English · inherited fromolifaunt
  4. English todayolifant

From Middle English olifaunt, from Old French oliphaunt, from Latin elephantus. See elephant.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englisholifaunt all →

oliphant

Latinelephantus all →

elephantoliphantoliphaunt

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.