Where does “arabesque” come from?
arabesque (French) comes from Italian arabesco, from Italian -esco, from Vulgar Latin -iscus, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
arabesque (French): arabesque; Arabic
Ancestry of “arabesque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | arabesco | arabesque; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Italian | -esco | Forms adjectives that indicate relationship,... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | -iscus | -ish |
| 4 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 5 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 6 | Latin | colō | — |
| 7 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
Words derived from “arabesque”