Where does “kâbus” come from?
kâbus (Turkish) comes from Arabic كابوس, from Spanish arcabuz, from French arquebuse, from Dutch haakbus, from Dutch bus, from Latin omnibus, from Latin omnis, from Proto-Italic opnis — to work, toil, make; ability, force.
kâbus (Turkish): nightmare; incubus
Ancestry of “kâbus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | كابوس | nightmare; incubus |
| 2 | Spanish | arcabuz | harquebus; harquebusier |
| 3 | French | arquebuse | arquebus; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Dutch | haakbus | harquebus, arquebus |
| 5 | Dutch | bus | bus, omnibus; minibus, minivan; bus |
| 6 | Latin | omnibus | dative masculine plural of omnis; dative feminine... |
| 7 | Latin | omnis | every; all |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | opnis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep-ni-s | working |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep- | to work, toil, make; ability, force |