Where does “tarabeeza” come from?
tarabeeza (Juba Arabic) comes from Sudanese Arabic طربيزة, from Greek τραπέζι, from Byzantine Greek τραπέζιν, from Ancient Greek τραπέζιον, from Ancient Greek τράπεζα, from Ancient Greek *τετράπεζα, from Ancient Greek πέζα, from Ancient Greek πούς — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
tarabeeza (Juba Arabic): table
Definitions
- table
Ancestry of “tarabeeza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sudanese Arabic | طربيزة | — |
| 2 | Greek | τραπέζι | table; dinner, supper, meal |
| 3 | Byzantine Greek | τραπέζιν | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τραπέζιον | irregular quadrilateral; little table; small... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τράπεζα | a table |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | *τετράπεζα | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πέζα | foot, edge; foot, instep, bottom; -footed,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πούς | foot; leg; Greek foot or pous, the ancient Greek... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |