Where does “Լիբանան” come from?
Լիբանան (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian Լիբանան, from Classical Syriac ܠܒܢܢ, from Proto-West Semitic laban- — white.
Ancestry of “Լիբանան”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Armenian | Լիբանան | — |
| 2 | Classical Syriac | ܠܒܢܢ | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Semitic | laban- | white |