The story
- Hebrew · derived fromאַחְאָב“uncle”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἈχαάβ
- Latin · derived fromAchab
- Middle English · inherited fromAchab
- English todayAhab
From Middle English Achab, from Latin Achab, from Ancient Greek Ἀχαάβ (Akhaáb), from Hebrew אַחְאָב (ʼAḥʼāḇ, “uncle”); from אַח (ʼaḥ, “brother”) + אָב (ʼāḇ, “father”). Attested in Akkadian as 𒀀𒄩𒀊𒁍 (Aḫabbu).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.