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

kuskus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French couscous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcouscouscouscous
2Arabicكُسْكُس—
3BerberBerber—

via English cuscus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcuscusA type of marsupial from New Guinea; Dated...

Words derived from “kuskus”

Every word from Berber Berber →Every word from Arabic كُسْكُس →Every word from French couscous →