hems

The story

1. Aramaic · derived fromחֲמָת“hindrance, frustration, fortress”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἜμεσᾰ
3. Arabic · borrowed fromحِمْص
4. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromحمص
5. English todayHems

From Ottoman Turkish حمص (Hıms) and Arabic حِمْص (ḥimṣ), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἔμεσᾰ (Émesă), ultimately from Aramaic חֲמָת (Ḥamāth, “hindrance, frustration, fortress”) + צובָא (Ṣōwḇā, “near, surrounding, station”).

Words from the same roots