Where does “almanac” come from?

almanac (Catalan) comes from Andalusian Arabic الْمَنَاخ, from Arabic مناخ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

almanac (Catalan): almanac

Definitions

  1. almanac

Ancestry of “almanac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Andalusian Arabicالْمَنَاخcalendar; almanac, calendar
2Arabicمناخclimate
3Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
4PersianیاAPI •; or; either
5Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَاEvery word from Persian یاEvery word from Arabic و
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