Wordiyoarab
Old FrenchVariants
arabarabiarabic
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About This Root
From French arabe, via Latin Arabus and Greek Araps, referring to the people of Arabia. In English, it forms a small cultural cluster — Arab (the people), Arabian (of Arabia), Arabic (the language/script), and arabesque (an ornamental design in Arabic style). The root is geographic and cultural rather than semantic.