Assertion: abacus's origin | /r/HasProperty | explained
Facets:
value: from two different semitic roots
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: AB´ACUS (ἄβαξ), a word probably of Eastern origin, which has been explained from two different Semitic roots: (1) abaq, sand, dust, a derivation propounded by several eminent French scholars and accepted by Daremberg and Saglio (Dict. des Antiq.