Etymograph

English

hardun

Hardun comes from Arabic حرذون ‘lizard, reptile’, from Aramaic חַרְדּוֹנ ‘crocodile’, and ultimately from חרּד.

  1. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEחרּדḥarrēd
  2. Aramaic, derivedc. 1000 BCE–700 CEחַרְדּוֹנḥardōn‘crocodile’
  3. Arabicc. 500–presentحرذون‘lizard, reptile’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2013hardun

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEחרּדḥarrēd
  2. Aramaic, derivedc. 1000 BCE–700 CEחַרְדּוֹנḥardōn‘crocodile’
  3. Arabicc. 500–presentحرذون‘lizard, reptile’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2013hardun

Earliest quotation: 2013, Douglas M. Considine and Glenn D. Consid, Van Nostrand’s Scientific Encyclopedia: “Originally distributed from Arabia to western Turkey and on…”

Every English word from Aramaic חרּד

Today it means

noun Synonym of stellion (a kind of lizard)

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Etymograph / Aramaic חרּד / hardun

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