Where does “Babel” come from?

Babel (Spanish) comes from Latin Babel, from Hebrew בבל, from Akkadian Bābilim — Babylon.

Babel (Spanish): Babel (city and tower)

Definitions

  1. Babel (city and tower)

Ancestry of “Babel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinBabel—
2HebrewבבלBabylon
3AkkadianBābilimBabylon

Words derived from “Babel”

Every word from Akkadian Bābilim →Every word from Hebrew בבל →Every word from Latin Babel →