Arabic definite article
The word has also been adopted into Spanish and Portuguese with a different meaning, as "almacén" and "armazém" (with addition of the Arabic definite article), and into French and Italian as "magasin" (meaning 'store') and "magazzino". It came into the English language from Middle French as "magazine", originally referring to a storehouse for ammunition and later to publications. With the "store" meaning, it was also adopted from French into Russian as Магазин and into Romanian as "magazin".