The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix II
Semitic Roots
ENTRY:
crb.
DEFINITION:
To enter, stand surety or bail for, guarantee. 1.arbiter, from Latin arbiter, judge, from Phoenician (Punic) *carb, surety, guarantee. 2.earnest2, from Greek arrabn, from Canaanite *cirrabn, pledge, surety, akin to Hebrew crbôn, from *caraba, to enter, stand surety for. 3. Arabic root form rb, to depart. Maghreb, Morocco, from Arabic marib, place where the sun sets, west, from araba, to depart, set (of the sun).
n, from Canaanite *cirrab
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bôn, from *caraba, to enter, stand surety for. 3. Arabic root form 
rb, to depart. Maghreb, Morocco, from Arabic ma
