Etymograph

English

Nabil

Nabil comes from Arabic نَبِيل ‘noble’, and goes back to نَبُلَ.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentنَبُلَnabula‘to become noble’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentنَبِيلnabīl‘noble’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2009Nabil

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentنَبُلَnabula‘to become noble’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentنَبِيلnabīl‘noble’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2009Nabil

Earliest quotation: 2009, Ian Black, Arab anger as Hillary Clinton backs Israel on settlements: “There were harsher comments from Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman…”

Every English word from Arabic نَبُلَ

Today it means

name A male given name from Arabic.

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

Etymograph / Arabic نَبُلَ / Nabil

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