Editing Dromedary (section)

==Etymology==
The common name "dromedary" comes from the [[Old French]] ''{{Lang|fro|dromedaire}}'' or the [[Late Latin]] {{Lang|la|dromedarius}}. These originated from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word {{Transliteration|el|dromas}}, {{lang|el|δρομάς (ο, η)}} (<small>[[genitive|GEN (γενική)]]</small> ''{{Transliteration|el|dromados}}'', {{lang|el|δρομάδος}}), meaning "running" or "runner",<ref name="LSJ">{{LSJ|droma/s|δρομάς|ref}}.</ref><ref name=oxford>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Dromedary |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129194458/https://www.lexico.com/definition/dromedary |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 January 2020 |title=Dromedary |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> used in Greek in the combination {{lang|grc|δρομάς κάμηλος}} ({{Transliteration|el|dromas kamelos}}), literally "running camel", to refer to the dromedary.<ref name="LSJ"/><ref>{{OEtymD|dromedary|access-date=5 May 2016}}</ref> The first recorded use in English of the name "dromedary" occurred in the 14th century.<ref name="English dromedary">{{cite book|last1=Heller|first1=L.|last2=Humez|first2=A.|last3=Dror|first3=M.|title=The Private Lives of Words|year=1984|publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul|isbn=978-0-7102-0006-8|edition=1st|location=Abingdon, UK|pages=58–9}}</ref> The dromedary possibly originated in Arabia or Somalia, so is sometimes referred to as the Arabian or East African camel.<ref name=nowak/> The word "camel" generally refers either to the dromedary or the [[Conspecificity|congeneric]] [[Bactrian camel|Bactrian]]; the word came into English via [[Old Norman]], from the [[Latin]] word ''{{Lang|la|camēlus}}'', from [[Ancient Greek]] {{lang|grc|κάμηλος}} (''{{Transliteration|grc|kámēlos}}''),<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Camel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322184114/https://www.lexico.com/definition/camel |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 March 2020 |title=Camel |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> ultimately from a [[Semitic language|Semitic]] source akin to [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] {{lang|he|גמל}} (''{{Transliteration|he|gamál}}'') and [[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|جمل}} (''{{Transliteration|ar|jamal}}'').<ref>{{MerriamWebsterDictionary|Camel|access-date=31 January 2016}}</ref>