Where does “לבנוני” come from?

לבנוני (Hebrew) comes from Biblical Hebrew לְבָנוֹן, from Proto-West Semitic laban- — white.

לבנוני (Hebrew): Lebanese

Definitions

  1. Lebanese

Ancestry of “לבנוני”, step by step

לבנוני traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Biblical Hebrew לְבָנוֹן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Biblical Hebrewלְבָנוֹן—
2Proto-West Semiticlaban-white

via Hebrew ־י

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrew־יUsed in adjectives with the meaning “related to”;...
Every word from Proto-West Semitic laban- →Every word from Biblical Hebrew לְבָנוֹן →