Etymology

arabic

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Today it means: Related to the Arabic language. Full definition →

Latin Arabicus ← Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός (Arabikós) ← Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab)
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arabic · noun, adjective1

See gum arabic.

Arabic · adjective, proper noun, noun2

  1. Arabicعَرَب (ʕarab)
  2. Ancient GreekἌραψ (Áraps)
  3. Ancient GreekἈραβικός (Arabikós)
  4. LatinArabicus
  5. English todayArabic

From Latin Arabicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός (Arabikós), from Ἄραψ (Áraps, “Arab”) [from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab)] + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix). By surface analysis, Arab + -ic.

Words from the same roots

Arabicعَرَب all →

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