Etymology of the French word mammouth
the French word
mammouthderived from the Obsolete Russian word
mamutderived from the Russian word
mamotderived from the Tartar word
mamontderived from the Tartar word
mammaDate
The earliest known usage of mammouth in French dates from the 18th century.
Derivations in other languages
Italian
mammut, Romanian
mamut, Spanish
mamutCognates
Dutch
mammoet, English
mammoth, German
Mammut, Icelandic
mammút, Swedish
mammut