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Where does “cuscús” come from?

cuscús (Spanish) comes from French couscous, from Arabic كُسْكُس, from Berber Berber.

cuscús (Spanish): couscous

Definitions

  1. couscous

Ancestry of “cuscús”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcouscouscouscous
2Arabicكُسْكُس—
3BerberBerber—
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