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Where does “bor” come from?

bor (Serbo-Croatian) comes from New Latin borum, from Arabic بَوْرَق, from Persian بوره, from Middle Persian bwlk'.

Ancestry of “bor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinborum—
2Arabicبَوْرَق—
3Persianبورهborax; sugar
4Middle Persianbwlk'—

Words derived from “bor”

  • borovina
Every word from Middle Persian bwlk' →