Hello guys 🙂
As you already know, languages keep developing everyday, every minute, every second! And every language has been influenced by another language in the past, there always has been a major language that everybody used to communicate in the trade field, in the financial field and so on. Therefore, that language put in use its words and they became frequently used in a specific field. There is something like a language network, in which languages share some of their vocabulary and get in touch.
The first linguistic influence I want to talk about is the Arabic one.
I have done some research and I found out that there are quite a few words coming from Arabic and I am going to share them with you in this post 🙂
Let´s start with food vocabulary:
SPINACI = spinach
ZUCCHERO = sugar
ALBICOCCA = apricot
CAFFE´ = coffee
Animals:
CAMMELLO = camel
Mathematics:
ALGEBRA = algebra
ALGORITMO = algorithm
ZERO = zero
CIFRA = figure
Astronomy:
ZENIT = zenith
NADIR = nadir
Nouns:
MAGAZZINO = warehouse
SULTANO = sultan
SCEICCO = sheik/sheikh
ASSASSINO = killer/assassin
Here are just a few, but I am sure there are many more 🙂 If you know some other words, write them in the comment section below!
A presto! ♥
P.S I will film a video on how to pronounce the words above 🙂 In the meantime you can watch my other lessons on my YouTube channel 🙂 Stay tuned and subscribe!
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Grazie per l’aggiunta!!! Si, l’argomento è veramente ampio 🙂 Ho scritto solo le parole che mi sembravano più facili da memorizzare per chi ha iniziato a studiare l’italiano seguendo il mio blog 🙂 Scrivine altre se vuoi 🙂 All the best xx
Interesting this happens with the English language too many words come from the French language. I’m looking forward to the video! Are there any other Italian words which come from Arabic or other languages?
Yes! There are many more words that have an arabic origin 🙂 I only chose to post the words that to me seemed easy to remember for beginners. Italian language has also been influenced by Spanish, French, and German! I’m doing a series of posts about this topic! Glad you liked it! Thanks for your comment 🙂
I’ve been absent for some time, but now I remember why I used to love this blog. Thanks, I will try and check back more frequently. How frequently you update your site?
Hi! I update at least once a week 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
In Sicilian, you have “mischino” (pitiful man)
Thanks for sharing!