Gerbil
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mid 19th century: from French gerbille, from modern Latin gerbillus, diminutive of gerboa (see jerboa).
wiktionary
French gerbille, from Latin gerbo, from Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʿ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʿ, “ jerboa”).
etymonline
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.
