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Where does “arsenal” come from?

arsenal (French) comes from Italian arsenale, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة — manufacturing shop.

arsenal (French): arsenal

Definitions

  1. arsenal

Ancestry of “arsenal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianarsenaledockyard; arsenal
2Arabicدَار الصِّنَاعَةmanufacturing shop

Words derived from “arsenal”

  • arsenał
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