Etymograph

English

Hums

Hums 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. EnglishtodayHums

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. EnglishtodayHums

Every English word from Aramaic חֲמָת

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Etymograph / Aramaic חֲמָת / Hums

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