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I think genie is an anglicization of djinn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinn
by beefman 9y ago
I think genie is an anglicization of djinn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinn
- colanderman 9y agoDjinn comes directly from Arabic, genie from Latin via French and Arabic influence. [1] [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/genie#Etymology https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/genie#Etymology