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- Arabicخَزَنَ (ḵazana)
- Arabicمَخْزَن (maḵzan)
- Arabicمَخَازِن (maḵāzin)
- Italianmagazzino
- Middle Frenchmagasin
- Middle Englishmagasyne
- English todaymagazine
From Middle English magasyne, from Middle French magasin (“warehouse, store”), from Italian magazzino (“storehouse”), ultimately from Arabic مَخَازِن pl (maḵāzin), plural of مَخْزَن (maḵzan, “storeroom, storehouse”), noun of place from خَزَنَ (ḵazana, “to store, to stock, to lay up”). First attested in the 1580s.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.