Where does “arab” come from?
arab (Romanian) comes from French arabe, from Latin Arabs, from Ancient Greek Ἄραψ, from Arabic عَرَب, from Arabic عَرَبَ — to flow sharply.
arab (Romanian): Arab, Arabic; Arab
Ancestry of “arab”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | arabe | Arabic; Arabic language |
| 2 | Latin | Arabs | an Arab; Arabian |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἄραψ | Arab; Arabian |
| 4 | Arabic | عَرَب | Arabs; Arab |
| 5 | Arabic | عَرَبَ | to flow sharply |