Etymology

adobe

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Today it means: An unburnt brick dried in the sun. Full definition →

Spanish adobe ← Andalusian Arabic طُوب ← Arabic طُوبَة (ṭūba)
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The story

  1. Egyptianḏbt
  2. Demotic Egyptiantb
  3. Copticⲧⲱⲃⲉ (tōbe)
  4. Arabicطُوبَة (ṭūba)
  5. Andalusian Arabicطُوبَة
  6. Andalusian Arabicطُوب
  7. Spanishadobe
  8. English todayadobe

From Spanish adobe, from Arabic اَلطُّوب (aṭ-ṭūb), from Sahidic Coptic ⲧⲱⲃⲉ (tōbe, “brick”), from Demotic Egyptian ⁠⁠ (tb, “brick”), from Egyptian Db-b-t:O39 (ḏbt, “brick, block, ingot”).

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