Words that come from Aramaic “אבא”

163 words across 55 languages descend from Aramaic אבא — including Abbott, abbot, abbess, abbé, abbacy, abbatial, abbotship, archabbot.

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English (16)

Italian (12)

Latin (8)

Esperanto (7)

Middle English (7)

Irish (6)

Armenian (6)

Portuguese (6)

French (5)

Old French (5)

Spanish (5)

Catalan (4)

Old Irish (4)

Scottish Gaelic (4)

Late Latin (4)

Breton (3)

Czech (3)

Old Portuguese (3)

Norman (3)

Old English (3)

Ecclesiastical Latin (3)

Ancient Greek (2)

Middle French (2)

Hiligaynon (2)

Welsh (2)

Galician (2)

Novial (2)

Greek (2)

Telugu (2)

Old Norse (2)

Occitan (2)

Old Spanish (2)

Medieval Latin (2)

Slovak (1)

Cornish (1)

Dutch (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Basque (1)

Russian (1)

Icelandic (1)

Faroese (1)

Chinese (1)

Gothic (1)

Old East Slavic (1)

Tagalog (1)

Polish (1)

Manx (1)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Danish (1)

Old Armenian (1)

Albanian (1)

Gullah (1)

Romanian (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old High German (1)