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Punicism
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English
Etymology
From en Punic -ism.
Noun
A borrowing from Punic.
en The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon 2025 Cid Swanenvleugel 18 A difficulty in analyzing the material is that not all accepted punicisms in Sardinia have a clear Semitic etymology. In fact, Argiolas has suggested some to be of Berber origin.