Etymology

arabin

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Today it means: A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, found in gum arabic Full definition →

English arabic ← Latin arabicus
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  1. Latinarabicus
  2. Englisharabic
  3. English todayarabin

From arabic + -in.

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