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algaroba
Algaroba comes from Spanish algarroba ‘carob’, and goes back to Akkadian Akkadian form.
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEAkkadian formtransliteratedcuneiform Akkadian form, a transliteration‘carob’
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEחַרּוּבָא
- Arabicc. 500–presentخَرُّوبḵarrūb‘carob’
- Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600الخَرُّوبَةal-ḵarrūba
- Spanishc. 1500–presentalgarroba‘carob’
- Englishtodayalgaroba
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEAkkadian formtransliteratedcuneiform Akkadian form, a transliteration‘carob’
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEחַרּוּבָא
- Arabicc. 500–presentخَرُّوبḵarrūb‘carob’
- Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600الخَرُّوبَةal-ḵarrūba
- Spanishc. 1500–presentalgarroba‘carob’
- Englishtodayalgaroba
Linked words
through Arabic خَرُّوب ‘carob’
Today it means
noun The carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Akkadian Akkadian form / algaroba