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Where does “beduin” come from?

beduin (Old French) comes from Arabic بَدَوِين, from Arabic بَدْو — desert, camp.

Ancestry of “beduin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبَدَوِين—
2Arabicبَدْوdesert, camp

Words derived from “beduin”

  • bedouin
  • bedouinism
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