Etymograph

English

Markab

Markab comes from Arabic مَرْكَب الفَرَس ‘the saddle of the horse’, and goes back to رَكِبَ ‘to ride’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentرَكِبَrakiba‘to ride’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَرْكَب‘saddle’
  3. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَرْكَب الفَرَسmarkab al-faras‘the saddle of the horse’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1821Markab

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentرَكِبَrakiba‘to ride’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَرْكَب‘saddle’
  3. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَرْكَب الفَرَسmarkab al-faras‘the saddle of the horse’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1821Markab

Earliest quotation: 1821, Thomas Kerigan, London: Baldwin: “[Markab (the south-westernmost star in the square) is one…”

Every English word from Arabic رَكِبَ

Today it means

name A subgiant, visible as a second-magnitude bluish star in the northern constellation of Pegasus, one of four stars in the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus, one of the lunar stars observed in navigation.

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Etymograph / Arabic رَكِبَ / Markab

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