English
quebrith
Quebrith comes from Arabic كبريت ‘sulfur’, and goes back to Akkadian kibrītu.
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEkibrītutransliteratedcuneiform kibrītu, a transliteration‘sulfur’
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEכִּבְּרִיתָאkiḇrīṯā‘sulphur/sulfur, brimstone’
- Arabicc. 500–presentكبريتkibrīt‘sulfur’
- Englishtodayquebrith
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEkibrītutransliteratedcuneiform kibrītu, a transliteration‘sulfur’
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEכִּבְּרִיתָאkiḇrīṯā‘sulphur/sulfur, brimstone’
- Arabicc. 500–presentكبريتkibrīt‘sulfur’
- Englishtodayquebrith
Every English word from Akkadian kibrītu
Today it means
noun sulfur
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Akkadian kibrītu / quebrith