| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
Appendix II Semitic Roots |
| ENTRY: |  bq. |
| DEFINITION: | West Semitic noun *abaq-, dust, chaff, whence denominative verb, to be(come) dusty. abacus, from Greek abax, abak-, counting board, perhaps from Hebrew  bq, dust. |
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