Where does “ወባ” come from?

ወባ (Amharic) comes from Arabic وَبَاء — epidemic.

ወባ (Amharic): fever such as caused by malaria or yellow fever

Definitions

  1. fever such as caused by malaria or yellow fever

Ancestry of “ወባ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicوَبَاءepidemic
Every word from Arabic وَبَاء
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