Where does “arăpilă” come from?

arăpilă (Romanian) comes from Romanian arap, from Turkish Arap, from Ottoman Turkish عرب, from Arabic عَرَب, from Arabic عَرَبَ — to flow sharply.

arăpilă (Romanian): a black person

Definitions

  1. a black person

Ancestry of “arăpilă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianarapblack person; Arab
2TurkishArapArab; Arabic
3Ottoman Turkishعربthe Arabian people or Arabia; Arab; Negro
4ArabicعَرَبArabs; Arab
5Arabicعَرَبَto flow sharply
Every word from Arabic عَرَبَ →