Where does “almanach” come from?
almanach (French) comes from Middle French almanach, from Old French almanach, from Medieval Latin almanachus, from Andalusian Arabic الْمَنَاخ, from Arabic مناخ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.
almanach (French): almanac
Ancestry of “almanach”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | almanach | — |
| 2 | Old French | almanach | almanac |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | almanachus | calendar |
| 4 | Andalusian Arabic | الْمَنَاخ | calendar; almanac, calendar |
| 5 | Arabic | مناخ | climate |
| 6 | Arabic | و | and, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or... |
| 7 | Persian | یا | API •; or; either |
| 8 | Arabic | يَا | {{m|en|O|id=vocative}} |
Words derived from “almanach”