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Where does “سطل” come from?

سطل (Hijazi Arabic) comes from Arabic سَطِل, from Byzantine Greek σίτλα, from Vulgar Latin sitla, from Latin situla, from Latin situlum — Mediaeval form of situla; accusative singular of...

سطل (Hijazi Arabic): bucket

Definitions

  1. bucket

Ancestry of “سطل”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicسَطِل—
2Byzantine Greekσίτλαbucket, pail
3Vulgar Latinsitla—
4Latinsitulaa vessel used to hold water; a voting urn ;...
5LatinsitulumMediaeval form of situla; accusative singular of...
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