Etymology

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Today it means: go away Full definition →

Egyptian Arabic إِمْشِي ← Arabic اِمْشِ
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromاِمْشِ
  2. Egyptian Arabic · borrowed fromإِمْشِي“go away!”
  3. English todayimshee

Most likely borrowed from Egyptian Arabic إِمْشِي (ʔimši, “go away!”, literally “walk!”), itself ultimately from older Arabic اِمْشِ (imši, id). For the derivation from Egyptian Arabic, compare shufti.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.