Etymology

springbok

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Today it means: A small, fast antelope native to southern Africa, Antidorcas marsupialis. Full definition →

Afrikaans springbok ← Dutch springbok
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromspringbok
  2. Afrikaans · borrowed fromspringbok
  3. English todayspringbok

Borrowed from Afrikaans springbok, from Dutch springbok, from springen (“to jump, spring”) + bok (“buck, billy goat, antelope”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.