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Where does “kuskus” come from?

kuskus (Finnish) comes from French couscous, from Arabic كُسْكُس, from Berber Berber.

kuskus (Finnish): couscous; phalanger, cuscus

Definitions

  1. couscous; phalanger, cuscus

Ancestry of “kuskus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcouscouscouscous
2Arabicكُسْكُس—
3BerberBerber—

Words derived from “kuskus”

  • harmaakuskus
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