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Where does “أروام” come from?

أروام (Arabic) comes from Arabic رُوم, from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμανία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

أروام (Arabic): masculine plural of رُومِيّ; plural of رُوم;...

Definitions

  1. masculine plural of رُومِيّ; plural of رُوم;...

Ancestry of “أروام”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicرُومByzantines
2Middle Persian𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬Rome; Byzantine
3Ancient GreekῬωμανία—
4Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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