Where does “almanach” come from?

almanach (Middle French) comes from Old French almanach, from Medieval Latin almanachus, from Andalusian Arabic الْمَنَاخ, from Arabic مناخ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

almanach (Middle French): almanac

Definitions

  1. almanac

Ancestry of “almanach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchalmanachalmanac
2Medieval Latinalmanachuscalendar
3Andalusian Arabicالْمَنَاخcalendar; almanac, calendar
4Arabicمناخclimate
5Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
6PersianیاAPI •; or; either
7Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}

Words derived from “almanach”

Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →