Etymograph

English

HAMAS

HAMAS comes from Arabic حَمَاس.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentحَمَاسliterally ‘enthusiasm’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2021HAMAS

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

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  1. Arabicc. 500–presentحَمَاسliterally ‘enthusiasm’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2021HAMAS

Earliest quotation: 2021, Internal Security Department, Singapore Terrorism Threat Assessment Report 2021: “He wanted to travel to Gaza in the Palestinian…”

The story

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاس (ḥamās, literally “enthusiasm”). The all-capitalized form reflects the term's origin as the Arabic abbreviation of حَرَكَة اَلْمُقَاوَمَةِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ (ḥarakat al-muqāwama l-ʔislāmiyya, “Islamic Resistance Movement”).

Every English word from Arabic حَمَاس

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