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Where does “رُوم” come from?

رُوم (Arabic) comes 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...

رُوم (Arabic): Byzantines

Definitions

  1. Byzantines

Ancestry of “رُوم”, step by step

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

Words derived from “رُوم”

  • أروام
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