Where does “Magħreb” come from?

Magħreb (Maltese) comes from Arabic مَغْرِب, from Arabic غَرَبَ — to set, to go down; to set”, “to go down.

Magħreb (Maltese): the Maghreb

Definitions

  1. the Maghreb

Ancestry of “Magħreb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمَغْرِبsunset; west, sunset
2Arabicغَرَبَto set, to go down; to set”, “to go down
Every word from Arabic غَرَبَ →Every word from Arabic مَغْرِب →