Where does “عقرب” come from?
عقرب (Andalusian Arabic) comes from Arabic عَقْرَب, from Semitic *ʕaḳrab-.
Ancestry of “عقرب”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | عَقْرَب | the scorpion; scorpion |
| 2 | Semitic | *ʕaḳrab- | — |
Words derived from “عقرب”