Etymograph

English

mandrill

From man + drill (“Mandrillus leucophaeus”).

A compound of man + drill ‘Mandrillus leucophaeus’

Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’

Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’

Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’

Middle English man

English man

Middle Dutch drillen ‘bore, move in a circle’

English drill

first attested First attested in 1744 (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in 1744.

Today it means

noun A primate, Mandrillus sphinx, with a colorful face and rump.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / mandrill