Etymology of the English word mandrill
the English word
mandrillderived from the English word
manderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*manwazderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*man-derived from the English word
drillderived from the Dutch word
drilderived from the Middle Dutch word
drillenderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*terÉ™-derived from the English word
drillDate
The earliest known usage of mandrill in English dates from the 18th century.
Derivations in other languages
Spanish
mandrilCognates
Dutch
mandril, French
mandrill, German
Mandrill, Swedish
mandrillUsage
Word found in Modern English
