Etymograph

English

khamaseen

Khamaseen comes from Egyptian Arabic خماسين ‘fifties’, from خمسين ‘fifty’, and ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ḫamišum.

  1. Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*ḫamišumreconstructed
  2. Arabicc. 500–presentخَمْسḵams
  3. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentـُون-ūn
  4. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentخَمْسِينḵamsīn
  5. Egyptian Arabicmodernخمسين‘fifty’
  6. Egyptian Arabic, derivedmodernخماسينḵamasīn‘fifties’plural of خمسين
  7. Englishtodaykhamaseen

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*ḫamišumreconstructed
  2. Arabicc. 500–presentخَمْسḵams
  3. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentـُون-ūn
  4. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentخَمْسِينḵamsīn
  5. Egyptian Arabicmodernخمسين‘fifty’
  6. Egyptian Arabic, derivedmodernخماسينḵamasīn‘fifties’plural of خمسين
  7. Englishtodaykhamaseen

Every English word from Proto-Semitic *ḫamišum

Today it means

noun An oppressive, hot, dusty, south or south-east wind occurring elsewhere in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Levant, intermittently in late winter through late spring.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Semitic *ḫamišum / khamaseen

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