Where does “almanak” come from?

almanak (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch almanag, from Latin almanachus, from Andalusian Arabic الْمَنَاخ, from Arabic مناخ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

almanak (Dutch): almanac, book or table containing dates; almanac,...

Definitions

  1. almanac, book or table containing dates; almanac,...

Ancestry of “almanak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchalmanag
2Latinalmanachuscalendar
3Andalusian Arabicالْمَنَاخcalendar; almanac, calendar
4Arabicمناخclimate
5Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
6PersianیاAPI •; or; either
7Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}

Words derived from “almanak

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