Where does “عصب” come from?

عصب (South Levantine Arabic) comes from Arabic عَصَبَ — to bind.

عصب (South Levantine Arabic): nerve

Definitions

  1. nerve

Ancestry of “عصب”, step by step

عصب traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic عَصَبَ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicعَصَبَto bind

via Arabic عَصَب

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicعَصَب
Every word from Arabic عَصَبَ