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Old Spanish
Etymology
From Old French elefant, olifant, from Latin elephāns, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).
Pronunciation
Noun
eleofant m (plural eleofantes)
- elephant
c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 67v:[…] la enfermedat que dizen del eleofant que es engroſſamiẽto de piernas.- the disease they call of the elephant, which is the thickening of the legs.
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