Where does “arăpime” come from?

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

arăpime (Romanian): a collective term for black people or Arabs

Definitions

  1. a collective term for black people or Arabs

Ancestry of “arăpime”, 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 →Every word from Arabic عَرَب →Every word from Ottoman Turkish عرب →