olifan
Appearance
Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin elephantus.
Noun
[edit]olifan oblique singular, m (oblique plural olifans, nominative singular olifans, nominative plural olifan)
Descendants
[edit]- Middle French: olifant
- Walloon: elefant
- → Breton: olifant
- → Middle Dutch: olifant
- → Middle English: olifant, olifaunt, oliphant, olyphant (from olifan, olifant form)
- → Middle English: elefant, elefaunt (from elefan, elefant form)
- → Middle Irish: elifaint
- → Old Spanish: elifant, alefant, eleofant