English
Medjool
Medjool comes from Arabic مَجْهُول ‘unknown’, and goes back to جَهِلَ ‘to be ignorant, to not know’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentجَهِلَjahila‘to be ignorant, to not know’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَجْهُولmajhūl‘unknown’
- EnglishtodayMedjool
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentجَهِلَjahila‘to be ignorant, to not know’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَجْهُولmajhūl‘unknown’
- EnglishtodayMedjool
Every English word from Arabic جَهِلَ
Today it means
noun A kind of large, moist date (the fruit).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic جَهِلَ / Medjool