Etymology

Kasserine

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Today it means: A city in Tunisia. Full definition →

French Kasserine ← Tunisian Arabic ڨصْرِين ← Arabic قَصْرَيْنِ
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromقَصْرَيْنِ
  2. Tunisian Arabic · derived fromڨصْرِين
  3. French · borrowed fromKasserine
  4. English todayKasserine

Borrowed from French Kasserine, from Tunisian Arabic ڨصْرِين (gasrīn), from Arabic قَصْرَيْنِ (qaṣrayni), accusative of قَصْرَانِ (qaṣrāni, “two forts”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.