The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix II
Semitic Roots
ENTRY:
cmr.
DEFINITION:
Central Semitic, to live, dwell, build; noun *cumr-, life. 1. Omri (king of Israel), from Hebrew comrî, probably short for *comrîyh, my life (is) Yahweh, from comrî, my life, from *cmer (< *cumr-), life. 2a. Omar, from Arabic cumar, probably akin to cumr, life; b.imaret, from Arabic cimra, building. Both a and b from Arabic cmara, to live, dwell, build.
h, my life (is) Yahweh, from comrî, my life, from *c
mer (< *cumr-), life. 2a. Omar, from Arabic cumar, probably akin to cumr, life; b. imaret, from Arabic cim
