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Zeppelin
German · 1286
"a family surname"
a surname taken from the village of Zepelin in northern Germany
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Zeppelinschiff
German · 1900
"Zeppelin's airship"
named for Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, who perfected the rigid airship's design
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zeppelin
English · 1900 onward
"a large rigid airship"
shortened and adopted into English for any rigid airship
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