Where does “قاموس” come from?
قاموس (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic قَامُوس, from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός — the great earth-encircling river; Oceanus, a...
قاموس (Ottoman Turkish): dictionary; ocean
Ancestry of “قاموس”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | قَامُوس | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ὠκεανός | ocean |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ὠκεανός | the great earth-encircling river; Oceanus, a... |