2006-12-10 02:49:48 · 18 answers · asked by hagar 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
No. What about "Alabama", "Always", "Aloud", etc..
2006-12-10 02:51:37 · answer #1 · answered by kwightman69 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is very interesting about the Arabic words in Spanish. The Arabic "al" words came into English and French, too, because Arabic was the language of science and philosophy at the founding of the universities of Oxford, la Sorbonne, and Bologna, in Italy.
Almanac comes from the Arabic Al-Manakh, the "weather" because the Arabs brought agricultural engineering, and planned irrigation to Europe.
Alchemy come from the Arabic although it was probably the commoner's response to the higher learning in the Universities. The word Chemistry is from the Arabic Kemia'
The Almagest was the Arabic title of Ptolemy's study of Astronomy. I don't know what Arabic word this was from, though.
Encarta says it means "majestic" in Arabic. Perhaps, then it is from the Arabic Al-majiid, the noble. Whatever it is, it is not the Greek word that Ptolemy used, but an Arabic word, because the Arabs brought their translation from the Syriac or Greek to Europe.
2006-12-10 10:01:24 · answer #2 · answered by dobbs123456 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean that they are derived from the Arabic language?
I'm sure that many words are, or are a mix of different languages. If you have a specific word in mind you can go on an online dictionary and type in the word and not only will it give you the deffinition but also tell you where the word is from. Try it!
2006-12-10 02:55:30 · answer #3 · answered by <3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, in Spanish that is correct. The Arabs dominated Spain for seven centuries and left many words. The prefix "al" means the article. In Spanish it would be "el"
Words like: algebra, alcantarilla, arrabal, alacena, alcohol, almacén. They come from Arabic, and many others.
If you mean in english, I don't know
2006-12-10 08:22:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, at least for most places on this earth...though not for all. For example, Alhambra, a city in Spain (and another city in LA named after it) came from the Arabic influence in Spain.
2006-12-10 03:23:51 · answer #5 · answered by zizou 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, many words that stat with 'al' are arabic. This is mostly seen in Spanish, I'm not sure in English.
Almohada, almacen, almendra (almond), ...
2006-12-10 03:14:39 · answer #6 · answered by amber9 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not necessarily, but in Arabic we use "Al" pretty much a lot, like in family last name, we use "al" You RARLEY see if we don't...
2006-12-10 03:08:28 · answer #7 · answered by >.> 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Did you hear about Al Qaeda?
2006-12-10 08:45:36 · answer #8 · answered by jaime r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. and especially the Spanish words. 100% sure.
2006-12-10 05:06:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
most of them bcoz al in english means the so it used so much
2006-12-11 21:01:03 · answer #10 · answered by alaa_cancer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea .. to some extent. There are some exceptions but YES ... most of them are ARABIC !
Pleasure to HELP !
Salik
2006-12-10 02:52:01 · answer #11 · answered by Salik K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋