Aramaic

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1. Aramaic · derived fromܐܪܡ / ארם
2. Aramaic · derived fromܐܪܡܝܐ / אָרָמָיָא“Aramean”
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromἈραμαϊκός
4. Latin · borrowed fromAramaicus
5. English todayAramaic

From Latin Aramaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραμαϊκός (Aramaïkós), itself a calque of Aramaic ܐܪܡܝܐ / אָרָמָיָא (ʾārāmāyā, “Aramean”) using Ἀράμ f (Arám, “Aram”, the name of a land originally covering central regions of what is now Syria) (from Aramaic ܐܪܡ / ארם (ʾarām)) + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix) (compare with Ἀραμαῖος (Aramaîos, “Aramean”), and the latter with Χαναναῖος (Khananaîos, “Chananean”), from Χαναάν f (Khanaán, “Canaan”) + -αῖος (-aîos)). By surface analysis, Aram + -ic.

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