Etymograph

English

Tatooine

Tatooine comes from French Tataouine, and goes back to Arabic تَطَاوِين.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentتَطَاوِينtaṭāwīn
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentTataouine
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2016Tatooine

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentتَطَاوِينtaṭāwīn
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentTataouine
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2016Tatooine

Earliest quotation: 2016, Avery Thompson, We've Discovered the Largest Planet to Orbit Two Suns Like T: “Planets that orbit two stars are called "circumbinary planets."…”

Every English word from Arabic تَطَاوِين

Today it means

name A fictional desert planet in Star Wars with two suns.

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Etymograph / Arabic تَطَاوِين / Tatooine

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