English
Rabb
Rabb comes from Arabic رَبّ ‘the master,the caretaker, the maintainer, the…’, and goes back to Proto-Semitic *rabb-.
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*rabb-‘lord, owner, chief’reconstructed
- Arabicc. 500–presentرَبّ‘the master,the caretaker, the maintainer, the bestower, the one in control,lord’
- EnglishtodayRabb
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*rabb-‘lord, owner, chief’reconstructed
- Arabicc. 500–presentرَبّ‘the master,the caretaker, the maintainer, the bestower, the one in control,lord’
- EnglishtodayRabb
Every English word from Proto-Semitic *rabb-
Today it means
name A title used for God.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Semitic *rabb- / Rabb