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Where does “maraboutic” come from?

maraboutic (English) comes from English marabout, from French marabout, from Portuguese maraboto, from Moroccan Arabic مْرَابِط.

maraboutic (English): Of, or pertaining to, a marabout

Definitions

  1. Of, or pertaining to, a marabout

Ancestry of “maraboutic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmaraboutA Muslim holy man or mystic, especially in parts...
2Frenchmaraboutmarabout; marabou, stork of the "Leptoptilos"...
3Portuguesemaraboto—
4Moroccan Arabicمْرَابِط—
Every word from Moroccan Arabic مْرَابِط →