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The word 'Monsoon' is derived from
Answer: A
The word monsoon comes from the Arabic word mausim, meaning season or wind shift. Arab sailors used it for the seasonal reversal of winds over the Arabian Sea, which brought them to India in summer and back in winter.
The Greek, Roman and Latin words named in the other options are not the source of the word.
Mausim is the Arabic word for a season or a time fixed for something, and it reached English through Portuguese and Dutch forms. The word was first used for the seasonal winds of the Arabian Sea, which blow from the south-west in summer and from the north-east in winter and which Arab traders used to plan their voyages to India.
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