Click here to see 30 everyday English words you didn’t know came from Arabic. Many of the English words in astronomy and other sciences are derived from Arabic — for instance, zenith, ...

Plot twist: Arabic already snuck into French, Spanish, and German centuries ago. Through trade, science, poetry, and even colonization, your ancestors left their linguistic fingerprints everywhere.

The word fuss means segment in Arabic, and glaṣṣ for cup is clearly from the English word “glass”. Together, fuss glass literally means “shiny segment of glass”.

If you speak Spanish, chances are you know a lot of Arabic. This is apparent in the saying "ojala", which originates from the Arabic word "Inshallah", meaning "If God wills" or "God willing".

The word is driven from the standard Arabic "Kura" meaning ball, but often refers to the game of football. And while the word is universally understood for Arabic speakers, other terms for a ...