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<span class="foreign notranslate">rebab</span>.</p> <p>Compare Old Provençal <span class="foreign notranslate">rebec</span>, also, with random alterations, Middle English <span class="foreign notranslate">ribibe</span> (c. 1400), <span class="foreign notranslate">ribible</span> (early 14c.), Italian <span class="foreign notranslate">ribeca</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">ribebla</span>, Portuguese <span class="foreign notranslate">arrabil</span>, Spanish <span class="foreign notranslate">rabel</span>. The same word also was used disparagingly for "old woman, crone," but the connection is unclear and it might involve the name <strong>Rebecca</strong>.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:early%2015c.">early 15c.</a></div></div></div></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of rebec">Trends of <i>rebec</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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