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Where does “Abrahamic” come from?

Abrahamic comes from English Abraham plus the French suffix -ique, from Latin -icus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos, an adjectival suffix.

Abrahamic (English): Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; Descended...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; Descended...

Ancestry of “Abrahamic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishabraham—
2Middle EnglishAbraham—
3Old EnglishAbraham—
4LatinĀbrahām—
5Ancient GreekἈβραάμ—
6HebrewאַבְרָהָםAbraham

Words derived from “Abrahamic”

  • anti-Abrahamic
  • pre-Abrahamic
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