Etymograph

English

Maghreb

Maghreb comes from Arabic مَغْرِب ‘place or time of sunset’, and goes back to غَرَبَ ‘to set, to go down’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentغَرَبَḡaraba‘to set, to go down’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَغْرِب‘place or time of sunset’literally ‘where the sun sets, the West’
  3. EnglishtodayMaghreb

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentغَرَبَḡaraba‘to set, to go down’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَغْرِب‘place or time of sunset’literally ‘where the sun sets, the West’
  3. EnglishtodayMaghreb

Every English word from Arabic غَرَبَ

Today it means

name The predominantly Arabic-speaking geographic region comprising northwest Africa, particularly the region of Africa north of the Sahara and west of the Nile; the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya.

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

Etymograph / Arabic غَرَبَ / Maghreb

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