English
khubz
Khubz comes from Arabic خُبْز ‘bread’, and goes back to Ge'ez ኅብስት.
- Ge'ezmodernኅብስትḫəbəst
- Arabicc. 500–presentخُبْزḵubz‘bread’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007khubz
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ge'ezmodernኅብስትḫəbəst
- Arabicc. 500–presentخُبْزḵubz‘bread’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007khubz
Earliest quotation: 2007, Joan Nathan, A Moroccan Oven That’s Open to All: “Called khubz, the bread is about the size of…”
Every English word from Ge'ez ኅብስት
Today it means
noun Any Middle Eastern flatbread such as pita bread.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ge'ez ኅብስት / khubz