Editing Elephant (section)

==Etymology==
The word ''elephant'' is derived from the [[Latin]] word {{lang|la|elephas}} ([[genitive]] {{lang|la|elephantis}}) {{gloss|elephant}}, which is the [[Latinisation of names|Latinised]] form of the [[ancient Greek]] {{lang|grc|ἐλέφας}} ({{transliteration|grc|elephas}}) (genitive {{lang|grc|ἐλέφαντος}} ({{transliteration|grc|elephantos}},<ref name=LSJ>{{cite book |author=Liddell, H. G. |author2=Scott, R |year=1940 |title=A Greek-English Lexicon |edition=Revised and augmented |place=Oxford |publisher=Clarendon Press |chapter=ἐλέφας |chapter-url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=e)le/fas}}</ref>)) probably from a non-[[Indo-European language]], likely [[Phoenician language|Phoenician]].<ref name=etymology>{{cite encyclopedia|author=Harper, D. |title=Elephant |dictionary=Online Etymology Dictionary|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=elephant|access-date=25 October 2012 |archive-date=24 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224141504/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=elephant |url-status=live}}</ref> It is attested in [[Mycenaean Greek]] as {{transliteration|gmy|e-re-pa}} (genitive {{transliteration|gmy|e-re-pa-to}}) in [[Linear B]] syllabic script.<ref>{{Cite book |editor1=Nosch, M.-L. |editor2=Laffineur, R. |title=Kosmos. Jewellery, Adornment and Textiles in the Aegean Bronze Age |publisher=Peeters |series=Aegaeum 33 |place=Liège |year=2012 |last1=Lujan |first1=E. R. |last2=Bernabe |first2=A. |chapter=Ivory and horn production in Mycenaean texts |chapter-url=https://www.academia.edu/2229199 |access-date=22 January 2013 |archive-date=20 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020172849/https://www.academia.edu/2229199 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.palaeolexicon.com/default.aspx?static=12&wid=189|title=elephant|publisher=Palaeolexicon, Word study tool of ancient languages |access-date=19 January 2013 |archive-date=4 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204075314/http://www.palaeolexicon.com/default.aspx?static=12&wid=189|url-status=live}}</ref> As in Mycenaean Greek, [[Homer]] used the Greek word to mean [[ivory]], but after the time of [[Herodotus]], it also referred to the animal.<ref name=LSJ/> The word ''elephant'' appears in [[Middle English]] as {{lang|enm|olyfaunt}} in {{Circa|1300}} and was borrowed from [[Old French]] {{lang|fro|oliphant}} in the 12th century.<ref name=etymology/>