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Where does “Hamid” come from?

Hamid comes from Arabic حَمِيد, related to Arabic م and Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-, though the precise semantic development remains unclear.

Ancestry of “Hamid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicحميدpraiseworthy; benign
2Arabicحَمِيدpraiseworthy; benign; praiseworthy
3Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
4Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-—
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