The story
- Arabic · derived fromأديب“cultured, refined, polite”
- Hebrew · borrowed fromאָדִיב“splendid, pleasant, gallant, gracious, kind, considerate”
- English todayAdiv
From Hebrew אָדִיב (“splendid, pleasant, gallant, gracious, kind, considerate”), ultimately from Arabic أديب (“cultured, refined, polite”)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.