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Gazelle

3 stages from Arabic to English.

Today it means a slender, swift antelope native to Africa and Asia
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Stage 1 of 3
ghazal
Arabic · medieval
"gazelle"
the Arabic name for the swift desert antelope
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Stage 2 of 3
gazel
Old French · medieval
"gazelle"
adopted through trade and Crusader contact
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Stage 3 of 3
gazelle
English · medieval
"the slender desert antelope"
settled as the English name for the animal
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