ר־ב־בر ب ب
r-b-b “great; lord, master” Proto-Semitic *rabb- 'great, chief' gave the title rabbî 'my master' and its warmer Aramaic form rabbūnī. Arabic rabb is 'Lord', as in rabb al-ʿālamīn, 'Lord of the worlds'.
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Proto-Semitic → Mishnaic Hebrew: 1 word Mishnaic Hebrew → Koine Greek: 1 word Aramaic → Koine Greek: 1 word Late Latin → Old English: 1 word Old English → Middle English: 1 word Late Latin → Medieval Latin: 1 word Medieval Latin → Italian: 1 word Medieval Latin → French: 1 word Late Latin → Middle English: 1 word Medieval Latin → Spanish: 1 word Mishnaic Hebrew → Yiddish: 1 word Medieval Latin → Portuguese: 1 word Medieval Latin → Polish: 1 word Medieval Latin → German: 1 word Medieval Latin → Russian: 1 word Koine Greek → Modern Standard Arabic: 1 word Yiddish → English: 1 word Koine Greek → Late Latin: 2 words Middle English → English: 2 words Koine Greek: 2 words Koine Greek Late Latin: 2 words Late Latin Middle English: 2 words Middle English English: 2 words English Proto-Semitic: 1 word Proto-Semitic Mishnaic Hebrew: 1 word Mishnaic Hebrew Aramaic: 1 word Aramaic Old English: 1 word Old English Medieval Latin: 1 word Medieval Latin Italian: 1 word Italian French: 1 word French Spanish: 1 word Spanish Yiddish: 1 word Yiddish Portuguese: 1 word Portuguese Polish: 1 word Polish German: 1 word German Russian: 1 word Russian Modern Standard Arabic: 1 word Modern Standard Arabic Today 2 of 2 words have reached English
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Relatives outside the atlas Biblical Hebrew רַב raḇ “great, much; chief” Mishnaic Hebrew רַבָּן rabbān “master (title of patriarchs)” Aramaic רַבָּא rabbāʾ “great; teacher” Arabic رَبّ rabb “lord, master; the Lord” Arabic رَبَّانِيّ rabbānī “divine; a rabbi” Akkadian rabû rabû “great”
Sources Wiktionary: Proto-Semitic *rabb- Lexodus atlas entries rabbi, rabboni