LEMON.Origin middle English via old French limon in midern French denoting a lime from Arabic limun a collection term of fruits of this kinds.LILAC, Orgin early 17th century: from obsolete, French,via Spanich & Arabic from Persian litak, variant of nilak, 'bluish', from nil'blue' .LIME(Lime Green) a bright light green colour like that of a line. (As modifer) a line green bikini.
Origin mid 17th century, from French, from.modern provencal lino, Spanish, lina, frm Arabic lina, compare with lemon. LUTE noun a plucked stringed instrument with a long neck bearing frets & a rounded body with a flat front, rather like a halved egg in shape origin middle English:from old French lut, leut, probably via Provencal from Arabic al-ud.MAGAZINE a store of arms, ammunition, & explosives for military use.
Origin late16th century, from French, magasin, Italian magazzino, from Arabic mokzin, magzan, store house, from kazana 'store up'. The term originally meant 'store' & was often used from third 17th century n the little providing information useful to particular groups of people, whence, sense 1 (mid 8th century) sense 3, a cont temporary specialization of the original meaning, rise to sense 2 in the mid 18th century.
MAHDI.Origin from Arabic (at) mahdi, 'he who is guided in the right way', passive participle of had a'to guide', Marabout Noun a muslim holy man or hermit, especially n Noth Africa.
A shrine marking the burial place of Muslim holly men or herinit. Origin early 17th century French & partuguese from Arabic Murabit, warrior saint' MA CASITE, noun a semi-precious stone consisting of iron pyrites. (Mass noun) a bronze-yellow mineral consisting of iron disulphide but differing from pyrite in typically forming aggregates of tabular crystals a piece of polished steel or a similar metal cut as a gen.
Origin late middle English: from medieval Latin a Mar marcasita, from Arabic Marqasita, from Persian. MARZIPAN, Origin late 15t century as mar chpane) from Italian maza pane, perhaps from Arabic the form March pane (influenced by March and absolute pain 'bread') was more usual until the late 19th century, wen marzipan (influenced by German marzi) displaced it.
Origin mid 17th century, from French, from.modern provencal lino, Spanish, lina, frm Arabic lina, compare with lemon. LUTE noun a plucked stringed instrument with a long neck bearing frets & a rounded body with a flat front, rather like a halved egg in shape origin middle English:from old French lut, leut, probably via Provencal from Arabic al-ud.MAGAZINE a store of arms, ammunition, & explosives for military use.
Origin late16th century, from French, magasin, Italian magazzino, from Arabic mokzin, magzan, store house, from kazana 'store up'. The term originally meant 'store' & was often used from third 17th century n the little providing information useful to particular groups of people, whence, sense 1 (mid 8th century) sense 3, a cont temporary specialization of the original meaning, rise to sense 2 in the mid 18th century.
MAHDI.Origin from Arabic (at) mahdi, 'he who is guided in the right way', passive participle of had a'to guide', Marabout Noun a muslim holy man or hermit, especially n Noth Africa.
A shrine marking the burial place of Muslim holly men or herinit. Origin early 17th century French & partuguese from Arabic Murabit, warrior saint' MA CASITE, noun a semi-precious stone consisting of iron pyrites. (Mass noun) a bronze-yellow mineral consisting of iron disulphide but differing from pyrite in typically forming aggregates of tabular crystals a piece of polished steel or a similar metal cut as a gen.
Origin late middle English: from medieval Latin a Mar marcasita, from Arabic Marqasita, from Persian. MARZIPAN, Origin late 15t century as mar chpane) from Italian maza pane, perhaps from Arabic the form March pane (influenced by March and absolute pain 'bread') was more usual until the late 19th century, wen marzipan (influenced by German marzi) displaced it.
