Where does “Hamilcar” come from?

Hamilcar is an English word derived from Latin Hamilcar, which was borrowed from Punic 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕, a Semitic personal name of unknown ultimate meaning.

Ancestry of “Hamilcar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinHamilcarHamilcar father of Hannibal
2Punic𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕most notably borne by general Hamilcar Barca
3Phoenician𐤀𐤇brother
4Proto-Semitic*ʔaḫw-brother

Words derived from “Hamilcar

Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫw-Every word from Phoenician 𐤀𐤇Every word from Punic 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕