Where does “tgħam” come from?

tgħam (Maltese) comes from Arabic طَعَام.

tgħam (Maltese): any type of cereal (such as wheat, rice or oats)

Definitions

  1. any type of cereal (such as wheat, rice or oats)

Ancestry of “tgħam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicطَعَام
Every word from Arabic طَعَام
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