:Heya, thanks for the note on my talkpage: very decent of you. I disagree that 'Semitic' is misleading.. as you've pointed out, it is factually correct. I wouldn't disagree that the roots are Arabic either, but in the context of Maltese (a seperate language, ultimately descended from, Arabic) it is the most fitting. How about changing it to Siculo-Arabic instead? That would be even more accurate and bolster the reference to Sicilian later in the para.