Animals, plants & weather

oasis

Egyptian wḥꜣt named the fertile hollows of the Western Desert. The word lived on in Coptic ouahe and Arabic wāḥa, while Herodotus used Óasis as the name of a town there; Latin carried it to Europe, and English took it for any green spot in the desert, later any refuge.

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The road to English

From Ancient Egyptian to Coptic, Arabic, Ottoman Turkish, Turkish

From Late Latin to Middle French

From Late Latin to Italian

From Late Latin to Spanish

From Late Latin to German, Russian

From English to Japanese

1500 BCEAncient Egyptian

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

The road to English

From Ancient Egyptian to Coptic, Arabic, Ottoman Turkish, Turkish

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