Where does “Maghreb” come from?
Maghreb comes from Arabic مَغْرِب, derived from Arabic غَرَبَ meaning to set or go down, originally referring to the western region where the sun sets.
Ancestry of “Maghreb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | مَغْرِب | sunset; west, sunset |
| 2 | Arabic | غَرَبَ | to set, to go down; to set”, “to go down |
Words derived from “Maghreb”