Where does “roqos” come from?

roqos (Maltese) comes from Arabic رقص, from Arabic ق, from Nabataean 𐢏, from Phoenician 𐤒 — qoph; qop.

roqos (Maltese): to jump around

Definitions

  1. to jump around

Ancestry of “roqos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicرقصto dance; to make dance, to dandle; to put into...
2Arabicقsecond-person masculine singular active...
3Nabataean𐢏—
4Phoenician𐤒qoph; qop
Every word from Phoenician 𐤒 →Every word from Nabataean 𐢏 →Every word from Arabic ق →