Etymograph

English

Hamas

Hamas comes from Arabic حَمَاس.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentحَمَاسliterally ‘enthusiasm’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2009Hamas

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

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  1. Arabicc. 500–presentحَمَاسliterally ‘enthusiasm’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2009Hamas

Earliest quotation: 2009, 'Never again,' says survivor: “Hamas knew there would be massive retaliations.”

The story

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاس (ḥamās, literally “enthusiasm”), an acronym for حَرَكَة اَلْمُقَاوَمَةِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ (ḥarakat al-muqāwama l-ʔislāmiyya, “Islamic Resistance Movement”).

Every English word from Arabic حَمَاس

Today it means

name A Palestinian Islamist militant group and political organization.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic حَمَاس / Hamas

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