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The word Genie came from Latin/French or Arabic?

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Arabic, and it originally was jhin.

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Jewels Vern

Genie is from the Latin genius. In the 18th century the Arabic story "The Arabian Nights' Entertainments" was translated to French and the translator rendered "jinni" as "genie" because of its close resemblance.
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