List of French words of Arabic origin

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Words of Arabic origin entered the French language. Most of them entered first in another Romance language before being borrowed by the French language. These languages are mainly Italian (and its dialects), Medieval Latin and Hispanic (Castilian, Catalan, Portuguese). A little number of words, mainly slang words (argot) came finally through dialectal arab of the French colonies in North-Africa.