dromedary
pronunciation
How to pronounce dromedary in British English:
UK [ˈdrɒmədəri]
How to pronounce dromedary in American English:
US [ˈdrɑməderi]
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- Noun:
- one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia
Word Origin
- dromedary
- dromedary: [14] The dromedary, or onehumped camel, got its name from its swiftness of foot. The word comes via Old French dromedaire from late Latin dromedārius, an adjective formed from dromas, the Latin term for ‘camel’. This in turn was derived from the Greek dromás ‘runner’, a close relative of drómos ‘running, course’, which is the source of the -drome in such English words as hippodrome, aerodrome, and palindrome.=> aerodrome, hippodrome, palindrome
- dromedary (n.)
- late 13c., from Old French dromedaire, from Late Latin dromedarius "kind of camel," from Latin dromas (genitive dromados), from Greek dromas kamelos "running camel," from dromos "a race course," from PIE *drem-, from possible base *der- "to run, walk, step" (cognates: Sanskrit dramati "runs, goes," Greek dromas "running," Middle High German tremen "to rock, shake, sway"). One-humped Arabian camels were bred and trained for riding. An early variant was drumbledairy (1560s).
Example
- 1. Carmen will set you up with a map of where to go ( friday harbor to american camp and cattle point is a good one-day itinerary ) , just be sure if you head out to roche harbor to stop and feed mona the dromedary an apple .
- 2. With the domestication of effective dromedary and horses both increasing the ability for people to carry heavy goods over a long distance , culture communication and trade developed rapidly , merchants traveled from shores of the pacific ocean to africa and then into europe .