Where does “Bor” come from?

Bor (Luxembourgish) comes from French bore, from French borax, from English borax, from Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach, from Arabic بَوْرَق, from Persian بوره.

Bor (Luxembourgish): boron

Definitions

  1. boron

Ancestry of “Bor”, step by step

Bor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French bore

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchboreboron
2Frenchboraxborax
3EnglishboraxA white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a...
4Middle Englishboras—
5Anglo-Normanboreis—
6Medieval Latinbaurachborax
7Arabicبَوْرَق—
8Persianبورهborax; sugar
9Middle Persianbwlk'—

via German bor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanborboron
2GermanBoraxborax
Every word from Middle Persian bwlk' →Every word from Persian بوره →Every word from Arabic بَوْرَق →