The story
- Hebrew · derived fromנֵבֶל
- Ancient Greek · derived fromνάβλα“Phoenician harp”
- Latin · borrowed fromnabla
- English todaynabla
From Latin nabla, from Ancient Greek νάβλα (nábla, “Phoenician harp”), from ancient Hebrew נֵבֶל (nḗḇel) or a Phoenician cognate. Doublet of nebel, which comes via the modern Hebrew נֵ֤בֶל.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.