The story
- Arabic · derived fromخَلِيفَة“caliph”
- Medieval Latin · derived fromcalipha
- Old French · derived fromcaliphe
- Middle English · inherited fromcalife
- English todaycaliph
From Middle English calife, caliphe, from Old French caliphe, from Medieval Latin calipha, from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”) and خَلِيف (ḵalīf, “successor”).
Words from the same roots
Arabicخَلِيفَة all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.