Etymograph

English

Homs

Homs comes from Arabic حِمْص, and goes back to Aramaic חֲמָת ‘hindrance, frustration, fortress’.

  1. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEחֲמָתḤamāth‘hindrance, frustration, fortress’
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἜμεσᾰÉmesă
  3. Arabicc. 500–presentحِمْصḤims
  4. North Levantine ArabicmodernحمصḤumṣ
  5. EnglishtodayHoms

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEחֲמָתḤamāth‘hindrance, frustration, fortress’
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἜμεσᾰÉmesă
  3. Arabicc. 500–presentحِمْصḤims
  4. North Levantine ArabicmodernحمصḤumṣ
  5. EnglishtodayHoms

Every English word from Aramaic חֲמָת

Today it means

name A city, the capital of the governorate of Homs, in western Syria.

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Etymograph / Aramaic חֲמָת / Homs

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