The Arabic Origins of English and Indo-European "Floral Terms": A Radical Linguistic Theory Approach

Abstract

This paper aims to trace the Arabic origins or cognates of English, German, French, Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit "floral terms" from a radical linguistic (or lexical root) theory perspective. The data comprises 163 such terms like "arboreal, beans, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, daffodil, elm, flower, garden, grove, horticulture, lilac, maize, orange, orchard, peas, plant, radish, rose, sprout, sprig, tree, vegetable, wheat, zucchini", and