Where does “benjoin” come from?

benjoin (Middle French) comes from Spanish benjuí, from Arabic [[لُبَان]] [[جَاوِيّ]].

Ancestry of “benjoin”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	benjuí	benzoin
2	Arabic	[[لُبَان]] [[جَاوِيّ]]	—

Words derived from “benjoin”

Every word from Arabic [[لُبَان]] [[جَاوِيّ]] →

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