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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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nomad XVI. — F.
nomade — L.
Nomas, pl.
Nomades pastoral people wandering about with their flocks — Gr.
nomás,
nomad- roaming about, esp. for pasture, pl.
Nomádes pastoral people, rel. to
némein pasture; see
-AD.
So
nomadic XIX. — Gr.
nomadikós.
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nomads
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
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