Where does “erbgħin” come from?

erbgħin (Maltese) comes from Arabic أربعون, from Arabic أَرْبَعَة — four.

erbgħin (Maltese): forty

Definitions

  1. forty

Ancestry of “erbgħin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأربعونforty; fortieth
2Arabicأَرْبَعَةfour
Every word from Arabic أَرْبَعَة →Every word from Arabic أربعون →