Where does “ġemgħa” come from?

ġemgħa (Maltese) comes from Arabic جمع, from Arabic جَمَعَ, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.

ġemgħa (Maltese): collection

Definitions

  1. collection

Ancestry of “ġemgħa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicجمعto gather, assemble, keep together, to collect;...
2Arabicجَمَعَto unite, to reconcile; to gather; to collect,...
3Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
4Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-—
Every word from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ- →Every word from Arabic م →Every word from Arabic جَمَعَ →
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