When you hear 'jumper' are you hearing English or Arabic?

'Jumper' is a word borrowed from Arabic 'jubba'. The word entered the English language some time around 1611.

jumper [noun] [1611]

• a person who
• any of various devices operating with a motion
• any of several sleds
• a connection used to close a break or cut out part of a circuit

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note: Via Old French from Arabic jubba.
Etymology: -

See more loan words from 1600s.