English
addax
Addax comes from French addax, and goes back to Arabic أبو عدس.
- Arabicc. 500–presentأبو عدسʔabū ʕadasliterally ‘father of the lentil’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentaddax
- Englishearliest quotation 1982same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentأبو عدسʔabū ʕadasliterally ‘father of the lentil’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentaddax
- Englishearliest quotation 1982same form
Earliest quotation: 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music: “In her hand, the haunch of an addax, still…”
Every English word from Arabic أبو عدس
Today it means
noun A large African antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) with long, corkscrewing horns which lives in the desert.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic أبو عدس / addax