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==Origin==

==Origin==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''camelion'', from Middle French, from [[Latin]] ''chamaeleon'', from [[Greek]] ''chamaileōn'', from ''chamai'' on the ground + ''leōn'' lion  

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''camelion'', from Middle French, from [[Latin]] ''chamaeleon'', from [[Greek]] ''chamaileōn'', from ''chamai'' on the ground + ''leōn'' lion  

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

The [[English]] word ''chameleon'' (also chamaeleon) derives from [[Latin]] ''chamaeleō'', a borrowing of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language Ancient Greek] χαμαιλέων (''khamailéōn''), a compound of χαμαί (khamaí) "on the ground" and λέων (léōn) "lion". The [[Greek]] word is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calque calque] translating the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkadian_language Akkadian] ''nēš'' ''qaqqari'', [[literally]] 'lion ground' (adjectives follow nouns in Akkadian).

The [[English]] word ''chameleon'' (also chamaeleon) derives from [[Latin]] ''chamaeleō'', a borrowing of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language Ancient Greek] χαμαιλέων (''khamailéōn''), a compound of χαμαί (khamaí) "on the ground" and λέων (léōn) "lion". The [[Greek]] word is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calque calque] translating the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkadian_language Akkadian] ''nēš'' ''qaqqari'', [[literally]] 'lion ground' (adjectives follow nouns in Akkadian).