Etymology

Moroccus

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Today it means: Morocco. Full definition →

Portuguese Marrocos ← Spanish Marruecos ← Arabic مُرَّاكُش
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromمُرَّاكُش
  2. Spanish · derived fromMarruecos
  3. Portuguese · derived fromMarrocos
  4. English todayMoroccus

From Portuguese Marrocos and/or Spanish Marruecos, from Arabic مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš). See Morocco for more.

Words from the same roots

PortugueseMarrocos all →

morocco

SpanishMarruecos all →

morocco

Arabicمُرَّاكُش all →

morocco

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.