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Where does “misiħ” come from?
misiħ (Maltese) comes from Arabic مَسِيح, from Arabic مَسَحَ — to anoint.
misiħ
(Maltese): messiah
Definitions
messiah
Ancestry of “misiħ”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Arabic
مَسِيح
—
2
Arabic
مَسَحَ
to anoint
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