Gerbil

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mid 19th century: from French gerbille, from modern Latin gerbillus, diminutive of gerboa (see jerboa).

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French gerbille, from Latin gerbo, from Arabic جَرْبُوع‎ (jarbūʿ) or يَرْبُوع‎ (yarbūʿ, “ jerboa”).

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gerbil (n.)

1849, gerbile, from French gerbille, from Modern Latin Gerbillus, the genus name, from gerbo, from Arabic yarbu. Earlier English form, jarbuah (1660s), was directly from Arabic.