Etymology of the French word marabout
the French word
maraboutderived from the Classical Arabic word
murābiṭDate
The earliest known usage of marabout in French dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in French
maraboutique,
maraboutisme,
marabouterDerivations in other languages
English
marabout, Italian
marabutto, Italian
marabù, Portuguese
marabuto, Romanian
marabuCognates
Dutch
maraboe, English
marabou, German
Marabu, Icelandic
marabústorkur, Swedish
marabustork
