Where does “ħerba” come from?

ħerba (Maltese) comes from Andalusian Arabic خربة, from Arabic خَرُّوب, from Classical Syriac ܚܪܘܒܐ.

ħerba (Maltese): ruins

Definitions

  1. ruins

Ancestry of “ħerba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Andalusian Arabicخربة—
2Arabicخَرُّوبcarob; locust bean pod; {{l|en|carob}}
3Classical Syriacܚܪܘܒܐ—
Every word from Classical Syriac ܚܪܘܒܐ →Every word from Arabic خَرُّوب →Every word from Andalusian Arabic خربة →
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