List of Portuguese words of Arabic origin

The German language has Latin, Spanish, Italian and French, especially in the Middle Ages and early modern times many expressions borrowed from Arabic ( " Arabisms "). Partial already Arabic she has borrowed from other languages ​​such as Greek.

In particular, many astronomical terms, some important terms of mathematics and basic concepts in chemistry were taken over by the Arabs, because after the turmoil of the migration period the ancient literature preserved in Arabic was a major source of medieval European scientists.

German words of Arabic origin

Religious concepts of Islam

Terms of Sciences

Mathematical concepts

Chemical names

' Philosopher's Stone ') from Greek Xerion " dry powder " or from a secondary form to Latin ēlixātūra ' decoction '

Astronomy and Geodesy

On behalf of fixed stars only the lighter and well-known may be mentioned.