athel

Meanings

Adjective

Noun

  • A chief or lord.
  • A prince or noble.
  • A kind of tamarisk native to northern Africa and the Middle East, Tamarix aphylla (species), planted widely elsewhere as a shade tree and a windbreak due to its tolerance of heat and of alkaline soils, but tending to become invasive outside of its native range.
  • A discrimination of originality and nobility ( الأصيل)

Origin

  • From Middle English athel, ethel, hathel, from Old English æþele, from Proto-West Germanic *aþal, from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz, *aþaljaz, *aþiluz, from Proto-Indo-European *átta ("father").
  • Akin to Saterland Frisian eedel, West Frisian eal, Dutch edel, German edel. Middle English form hathel due to conflation with Old English hæleþ ("hero"). See heleth.
  • From Arabic أَثَل.

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