فستق peanut

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word فستق

(fustuk) means pistachio or peanut and two languages seem to be rivals as the origin of this word i.e. The ancient Greek and ancient Persian. According to BABINIOTIS Dictionary, there is the greek word πιστάκη (pistaki) which means “pistachio tree”, and the word πιστάκιον (pistakion) which is the diminutive of the word πιστάκη and means pistachio/peanut, explaining that it is a loan word from unknown origin as it happens with the Persian word “pista”. On the other hand the....

Wictionary for the word pistachio:

From Italian pistacchio, from Latin pistacium (“pistachio”), from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον (pistakion), from πιστάκη (pistakē, “pistachio tree”), of Iranian origin; compare Kurdish pisteq, fisteq, modern Persian پسته (pista).

And, Wictionary for the word fustic:

Middle English, fustik; derived from Old French, fustoc; derived from Arabic, فستق (fustuq, “pistachio”); derived from Persian, فستق (fustuq, “pistachio”).

See also the followig:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistachio
and
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioscurides



                                      

الدفتيريا diphtheria

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word الدفتيريا

(defeteria) means diphtheria

(Wikipedia: Diphtheria (Greek διφθέρα (diphthera) "pair of leather scrolls") is an upper respiratory tract illness)

and has greek roots, as the french word diphtherie was formed on the basis of the greek word διφθερίας (diphtherias) which means the one (somebody) who is wearing a poncho from processed skin.

P.S. Note that the root diphthera has given another wellknown word in Arabic i.e. The notebook=“daftar”= دفتر.

قيثارة guitar

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word قيثارة‎ 

(kithara) means guitar and derives from the greek word κιθάρα (kithara).    In Turkish is gitar.

اسفنج sponge

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word اسفنج

(isfanz) means sponge (see: ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponge) and derives from the greek word σπόγγος.

الجلوكوما glaucoma

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word الجلوكوما

(ziloukouma?) means glaucoma (Wikipedia:Glaucoma is an eye disease in which the optic nerve is damaged in a characteristic pattern) and derives from the greek word  γλαύκωμα (glafkoma) which stems from the ancient verb γλαυκούμαι (glafkoume) and the word γλαυκός (glafkos) meaning “'bright blue””.

تراخوما trachoma

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word تراخوما

(trahouma) means trachoma (WIKIPEDIA:Trachoma (Greek: τράχωμα, ‘roughness’) is an infectious disease caused by the Chlamydia trachomatis bacterium which produces a characteristic roughening of the inner surface of the eyelids) and derives from the greek word τράχωμα which is composed from the word τραχύς(trahis) meaning ragged/rough/coarse and the suffix -ωμα (ομα).

بَلَد‎ Country

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word بَلَد‎

(balad) means Country (city as well, mainly now in Hebrew) and according to Wictionary and the Turkish Dictionary derives from the greek word παλάτιον (palation) or the older Latin word Palatium which means the seat/house of the King or Ruler.

سفود skewer, kebab

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word سفود

(safoud) means “skewer, kebab” and according to AED Dictionary derives from the greek language and especially from the ancient word “σποδός” (spodos) meaning “ashes”.In mondern greek we use the word “σουβλάκι”.

الأسقف Bishop

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word الأسقف

(ouskouf) means Bishop (is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight) and seems that it derives from the greek word επίσκοπος (episkopos). The initial meaning of the greek word was “guard, supervisor, superintendent” and it was composed from the prefix επί- meaning “on,over” and the word σκοπός meaning “sentry”.