Where does “cubeb” come from?

cubeb (English) comes from Middle English quibibe, from Old French quibibe, from Arabic كُبَابَة.

cubeb (English): The tailed pepper, Piper cubeba; an Indonesian...

Definitions

  1. The tailed pepper, Piper cubeba; an Indonesian...

Ancestry of “cubeb”, step by step

cubeb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English quibibe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishquibibecubeb
2Old Frenchquibibe—
3Arabicكُبَابَة—

via French cubèbe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcubèbecubeb

Words derived from “cubeb”

Every word from Arabic كُبَابَة →Every word from Old French quibibe →Every word from Middle English quibibe →