Where does “ערבֿ” come from?

ערבֿ (Yiddish) comes from Hebrew ערב, from Hebrew ע־ר־ב — Forming words pertaining to pleasantness, west,...

ערבֿ (Yiddish): eve the evening or night before a holiday

Definitions

  1. eve the evening or night before a holiday

Ancestry of “ערבֿ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewערבevening, night; the day before; cosigner
2Hebrewע־ר־בForming words pertaining to pleasantness, west,...
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