Dolphin Definition

Origin of Dolphin

• Middle English from Old French daulfin blend of daufin Old Provençal dalfin both from Medieval Latin dalfinus from Latin delphīnus from Greek delphīs delphīn- from delphus womb (from its shape)

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Middle English dolfin, from Old French daulphin, dalphin, daufin, from Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphis), from δελφύς (delphus) "womb".

  From Wiktionary

• From 3rd Duke of Alba (duc d'Albe in French), who was the first to let build this type of structures in the Spanish Netherlands in the 16th century.

  From Wiktionary