Where does “бедуин//beduin” come from?
бедуин//beduin (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French bédouin, from Arabic بَدَوِيُّون, from Arabic بَدَوِيّ, from Arabic بَدْو — desert, camp.
Ancestry of “бедуин//beduin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bédouin | bedouin |
| 2 | Arabic | بَدَوِيُّون | — |
| 3 | Arabic | بَدَوِيّ | bedouin, nomad, herdsman |
| 4 | Arabic | بَدْو | desert, camp |