Where does “scirocco” come from?
scirocco (Italian) comes from Arabic شرق, from Arabic ر, from Arabic رَأَى — to see.
scirocco (Italian): sirocco
Ancestry of “scirocco”, step by step
scirocco traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Arabic شرق
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | شرق | east; Orient; verbal noun of شَرِقَ |
| 2 | Arabic | ر | second-person masculine singular active... |
| 3 | Arabic | رَأَى | to see |
via Old Occitan eissalot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | eissalot | wind blowing from the southeast |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | *ἐξαλώτης | — |
Words derived from “scirocco”