Where does “مغرب” come from?

مغرب (Moroccan Arabic) comes from Arabic مَغْرِب, from Arabic غَرَبَ — to set, to go down; to set”, “to go down.

Ancestry of “مغرب”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمَغْرِبsunset; west, sunset
2Arabicغَرَبَto set, to go down; to set”, “to go down
Every word from Arabic غَرَبَ →Every word from Arabic مَغْرِب →