Etymology

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Today it means: son of Full definition →

Arabic اِبْن (ibn) ← Proto-Semitic *bin-
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  1. Proto-Semitic*bin-
  2. Arabicاِبْن (ibn)
  3. English todayibn

Borrowed from Arabic اِبْن (ibn, “son”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.