This is a list of English words of Semitic origin other than those solely of Arabic origin or Hebrew origin. Most of these words are found in ancient Greek writings, with the Greek word believed today to have come from a Semitic source. Common words abba from Aramaic ܐܒܐ abba 'father' (AHD) abbé from Aramaic ܐܒܐ abba 'father' (AHD, MW) abbot from Aramaic ܐܒܐ abba 'father' (AHD, MW) abracadabra disputed (OED) + probably Balkan (WNW) + probably from Aramaic אבדא כדברא abhadda kedhabhra 'disappear as this word' (NI) adonis from Phoenician 𐤍𐤏𐤃𐤀 adon 'lord' (AHD) aloe from ancient Greek ἀλόη aloe (AHD) 'dried juice' (MW). Likely from a Semitic source. See Hebrew אהלים ahalim 'trees of lign' (SC), perhaps in turn from Dravidian alphabet The ancient Greek word represents the first two letters of the Greek alphabet (alpha and beta). The Greeks got their alphabet from the Phoenician/Canaanite one. Compare Canaanite '''aleph 'ox' (AHD) + from Phoenician/Canaanite bet 'house' (AHD) apron from Latin mappa 'cloth' (MW), probably from Hebrew 'fluttering banner' (WNW) + perhaps from Carthaginian (AHD) arbiter from Latin arbitr-, arbiter 'judge' (MW), from Phoenician (AHD) babel from (AHD, MW) Hebrew בלל balal 'confound' (SC) + in part from (AHD) Akkadian 𒇷𒄿 𒀊𒁀 bab-ilu 'gate of God' (MW) balm from Greek βάλσαμον balsamon (AHD), probably of Semitic origin, similar to Hebrew basham 'aromatic substance' (MW) balsam from Greek βάλσαμον balsamon (AHD), probably of Semitic origin, similar to Hebrew basham 'aromatic substance' (MW) bdellium from Greek βδέλλιον bdellion (MW), from (AHD) Hebrew בְּדֹלַח bedolach (WNW) 'pieces' (SC) + from Assyrian 𒁍𒁺𒆷𒄷 budulḥu (WNW) byssus from Greek bussos (AHD), perhaps from בוץ buts (WNW) 'linen cloth', from Semitic (MW) *b-w-tz 'to be white' (WNW) birr from Arabic بير birr '100 cents' (MW), probably from Amharic (AHD) camel from Greek κάμηλος kamelos (AHD). From Semitic. See Hebrew גמל gamal 'desert animal', Arabic jamal 'camel'. camisado secondarily; by way of Spanish camisa, "shirt". But of dubious Semitic origin. See "chemise" below. camisole from a southern-Romance diminutive of late Latin camisia. But questionably Semitic. See "chemise" below. cane, cannella, canister, cannelloni, cannon, cannula, canon, canyon from Greek κάννα kanna (AHD), of Semitic origin. See Hebrew קָנֶה "qaneh" 'tube', 'reed' (WNW) + Assyrian qanu (WNW), similar to Arabic qanah 'hollow stick', 'reed' (MW) chemise from (Vulgar) Latin camisia (MW), itself from proto-Celtic. Ugaritic has qms 'garment' (AHD). That word is similar, and shows the same