| Hebr. | `erebh | dusk |
| Lat. | creper | (borrowing) dark (> French crépuscule) |
| Akk. | ereb SamSi | sunset |
| Chald. | Ereb | Europe: region where the sun sets |
| Anc.Greek | Europè | Europe |
| Anc.Greek | erebus | dark; hell; erebos obscurity |
| Mod.Greek | arapis | maure, Arab |
| Mod.Greek | aráp | black (dogs, mules) |
| Roman. | arap | black-haired or black-skinned |
| Mod.Greek | arapissa | black |
| Aroman. | arapsâ | black (animals); Black Redstart, 348 |
| Lat. | arabica | a kind of black precious stone (Isid.) |
| Alb. | Arap | > Arab, a black-haired people, cf. Esp. Moro |
| Alb. | arapës | an unidentified bird |
| Alb. | pata arave | Cormorant, 105 |
| Alb. | avrapë | birth mark |
| Mod.Greek | árapo-nessi | Tufted Duck, 48 |
| Nor.(o.liter.) | iarpe | dark |
| Engl.(AS) | eorp | id. |
| Germ.(OHG) | erpf | id. |