camello

Old Spanish

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Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *camellus, from Latin camelus (influenced by the suffix -ellus, which did not change into the usual -iellus in this case), from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kaˈme.ʎo]

Noun

camello m (plural camellos)

  1. camel
    • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 3r. a.
      Tomo eleazar. x. camellos. / de la meioria de ſo ſénor. efue / arrama araim cibdat de na / cor.
      Eliezer took ten of his master's best camels and made for Aram-Naharaim to the city of Nahor.
    • Idem, f. 5v. b.
      E vinien de galaat / có ſos camellos cargados de / mercaduras e ẏuá a egipto
      And they came from Gilead with their camels bearing merchandise, and they were headed for Egypt.

Descendants

  • Ladino: kameyo (Latin spelling)
  • Spanish: camello

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish camello, from Vulgar Latin *camellus, from Latin camelus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-. More at camel.

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /kaˈmeʎo/
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /kaˈmeɟ͡ʝo/, [kaˈmeʝo]

Noun

camello m (plural camellos, feminine camella, feminine plural camellas)

  1. camel
  2. (informal) pusher (drug dealer)

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