Les problèmes de méthodologie dans l’identification des emprunts lexicaux de l’arabe au grec et au latin, d’une part, et aux langues sémitiques, d’autre part, exposés au moyen d’exemples représentatifs

The etymology of the oldest part of the Arabic corpus is in a period of renewal as far as the identification of loans is concerned. The present article sets forth, using representative examples, how a rigorous and interdisciplinary methodology is necessary for recognizing and isolating these loans underneath the contradictory meaning of certain roots as well as in structures of rare or unusual derivation.