Etymology

rebec

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Today it means: An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only pear shaped, played with a bow and used in Medieval and the early Renaissance eras. Full definition →

Middle French rebec ← Arabic رَبَاب
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  1. Arabic · derived fromرَبَاب
  2. Middle French · derived fromrebec
  3. English todayrebec

From Middle French rebec, alteration of rubebe (see English ribibe), from Arabic رَبَاب (rabāb).

Words from the same roots

Arabicرَبَاب all →

rababrebab

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.