χαμαιλέων

Ancient Greek

noun

Definitions

chameleon
type of plant, so called because of its colour-changing leaves

Etymology

Affix from Ancient Greek χαμαί (near the ground, on the ground, ground, on the earth) + Ancient Greek λέων (lion).

Origin

Ancient Greek

λέων

Gloss

lion

Concept

Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*chamaetusius Latin
cama Latin
chamaeleon Latin
chamaeleōn Latin
leo Latin
leō Latin
leōnem Latin
leōnis, leō, leo Latin
napoleontisch Dutch, Flemish
camaleón Spanish, Castilian
Δημολέων Ancient Greek
Λεωνίδας Ancient Greek
Τιμολέων Ancient Greek
λέων Ancient Greek
λεοντοπέταλον Ancient Greek
λεοντοπόδιον Ancient Greek
μυρμηκολέων Ancient Greek
χαμαί Ancient Greek
χαμαίγειρον Ancient Greek
χαμαίδρυς Ancient Greek
χαμαίκισσος Ancient Greek
χαμαίλυκος Ancient Greek
χαμαίμηλον Ancient Greek
χαμαίπιτυς Ancient Greek
χαμαίρωψ Ancient Greek
χαμαιάκτη Ancient Greek
χαμαιβάλανος Ancient Greek
χαμαιδάφνη Ancient Greek
χαμαικέρασος Ancient Greek
χαμαικυπάρισσος Ancient Greek
χαμαιλεύκη Ancient Greek
χαμαιμυρσίνη Ancient Greek
χαμαιπεύκη Ancient Greek
χαμαιπλάτανος Ancient Greek
χαμαιράφανος Ancient Greek
χαμαισύκη Ancient Greek
χαμελαία Ancient Greek
χαμεύνη Ancient Greek
*ǵʰm̥may Proto-Indo-European
kameleon Norwegian Bokmål
kameleon Polish
kameleon Norwegian Nynorsk
cameleon Old French
lion Old French
ĥameleono Esperanto
camaleón Galician
leu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
Leons Latvian
camaleón Asturian
ⲗⲉⲱⲛ Coptic
𒌨𒈤𒊭𒆠 Akkadian
λεοντάριον grc-koi