Editing Giraffe (section)

==Etymology==
The name "giraffe" has its earliest known origins in the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] word {{transliteration|ar|zirāfah}} ({{lang|ar|زِرَافَةْ}}), of an ultimately unclear [[Languages of Africa|Sub-Saharan African language]] origin.<ref name=OED/> The [[Middle English]] and [[early Modern English]] spellings, {{lang|enm|jarraf}} and {{lang|enm|ziraph}}, derive from the Arabic form-based [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] ''girafa''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Őrsi |first=Tibor |author-link= |date=2006 |title=French Linguistic Influence in the Cotton Version of Mandeville's Travels |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qQUSAQAAIAAJ&q=%22jarraf%22 |location= |publisher=Tinta Könyvkiadó |page=113 |isbn=9789637094545 |access-date=20 April 2021 |archive-date=22 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922073613/https://books.google.com/books?id=qQUSAQAAIAAJ&q=%22jarraf%22 |url-status=live }}</ref> The modern English form developed around 1600 from the [[French language|French]] {{lang|fr|girafe}}.<ref name=OED>{{cite encyclopedia|url= http://etymonline.com/?term=giraffe|title= Giraffe|dictionary= Online Etymology Dictionary|access-date= 1 November 2011|archive-date= 19 March 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150319133340/http://etymonline.com/?term=giraffe|url-status= live}}</ref>

"Camelopard" ({{IPAc-en|k|ə|ˈ|m|ɛ|l|ə|ˌ|p|ɑr|d}}) is an [[archaism|archaic]] English name for the giraffe; it derives from the [[Ancient Greek]] {{lang|grc|καμηλοπάρδαλις}} ({{transliteration|grc|kamēlopárdalis}}), from {{lang|grc|κάμηλος}} ({{transliteration|grc|kámēlos}}), "[[camel]]", and {{lang|grc|πάρδαλις}} ({{transliteration|grc|párdalis}}), "[[leopard]]", referring to its camel-like shape and leopard-like colouration.<ref>{{cite web|title=Definition of CAMELOPARD|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/camelopard|website=m-w.com|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica: Merriam-Webster|access-date=3 September 2014|archive-date=25 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425003508/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/camelopard|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Definition of camelopard|url=http://medieval_terms.enacademic.com/615/Camelopard|work=Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases|access-date=3 September 2014|archive-date=4 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904044941/http://medieval_terms.enacademic.com/615/Camelopard|url-status=dead}}</ref>