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Wildebeest

2 stages from Afrikaans/Dutch to English.

Today it means a large African antelope with a curved mane and horns, also called a gnu
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wild beest
Afrikaans/Dutch · 1700s
"wild beast"
combining "wild" (wild) and "beest" (beast)
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wildebeest
English · 1800s
"a large African antelope, also called a gnu"
adopted directly from Afrikaans
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