English Explanatory Dictionary

ermelin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ermine.

Word forms

ermelin ermelins ermilin

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hermelin (“ermine”), from Middle High German hermelin, from Old High German harmilī, harmilīn (“weasel”), diminutive of Old High German harmo (“ermine, stoat, weasel”), from Proto-West Germanic *harmō, from Proto-Germanic *harmô (“weasel”). Cognate with Italian ermellino (“ermine”), from the same Germanic source. More at ermine.

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