Where does “բոր” come from?

բոր (Armenian) comes from Russian бор, from French bore, from French borax, from English borax, from Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach, from Arabic بَوْرَق.

բոր (Armenian): boron; leprosy

Definitions

  1. boron; leprosy

Ancestry of “բոր”, step by step

բոր traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian бор

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianборboron; pinewood, pine forest; drill
2Frenchboreboron
3Frenchboraxborax
4EnglishboraxA white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a...
5Middle Englishboras—
6Anglo-Normanboreis—
7Medieval Latinbaurachborax
8Arabicبَوْرَق—
9Persianبورهborax; sugar
10Middle Persianbwlk'—

via Old Armenian բոր

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianբորleprosy
2Iranianbor—
Every word from Middle Persian bwlk' →Every word from Persian بوره →Every word from Arabic بَوْرَق →