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by robonerd 1458 days ago
There are certainly some Latin loan words in Arabic; that part of the world was well within the Roman sphere of influence for a long time. For instance: the Arabic ṣirāṭ and English street both come from the Latin word strata.
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Oh, I'm sure that. I just meant as a root language I don't believe they share a common ancestor