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aarde
Afrikaans/Dutch · medieval
"earth"
meaning "earth"
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aardvark
Afrikaans · 1700s-1800s
"earth pig"
combining "aarde" with "vark" (pig), describing the burrowing animal
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aardvark
English · 1800s
"a burrowing African mammal that eats ants and termites"
adopted directly from Afrikaans
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