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Where does “Liban” come from?

Liban (Norman) comes from Latin Libanus, from Arabic لبن, from Aramaic לְבִינְּתָּא, from Akkadian 𒋞 — shoulder, region between shoulders including the...

Ancestry of “Liban”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLibanus—
2Arabicلبنmilk; leban, coagulated sour milk; اَلْأَلْبَان :...
3Aramaicלְבִינְּתָּא—
4Akkadian𒋞shoulder, region between shoulders including the...
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