Etymograph

English

Morabito

Morabito comes from Italian Morabito, from Arabic مُرَابِط ‘soldier stationed in fortified outpost’, and ultimately from رَابَطَ ‘to line up to’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentرَابَطَrābaṭa‘to line up to’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمُرَابِط‘soldier stationed in fortified outpost’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentMorabito
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentرَابَطَrābaṭa‘to line up to’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمُرَابِط‘soldier stationed in fortified outpost’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentMorabito
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A surname from Italian.

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

Etymograph / Arabic رَابَطَ / Morabito