Where does “Siculo-Arabic” come from?
Siculo-Arabic (English) comes from English arabic, from Latin arabicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός, from Ancient Greek Ἄραψ, from Arabic عَرَب, from Arabic عَرَبَ — to flow sharply.
Siculo-Arabic (English): A variety of Arabic that was spoken in the Emirate of Sicily
Definitions
- A variety of Arabic that was spoken in the Emirate of Sicily
Ancestry of “Siculo-Arabic”, step by step
Siculo-Arabic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English arabic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | arabic | Related to the Arabic language |
| 2 | Latin | arabicus | Arabic |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἀραβικός | Arabic, Arab |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἄραψ | Arab; Arabian |
| 5 | Arabic | عَرَب | Arabs; Arab |
| 6 | Arabic | عَرَبَ | to flow sharply |
via Italian siculo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | siculo | Sicel; Sicilian |
| 2 | Italian | -o | Used with a stem to form a masculine singular... |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |