Where does “ሐብስ” come from?

ሐብስ (Ge'ez) comes from Arabic حَبْس — confinement.

ሐብስ (Ge'ez): prison, jail

Definitions

  1. prison, jail

Ancestry of “ሐብስ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicحَبْسconfinement
Every word from Arabic حَبْس