The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix II
Semitic Roots
ENTRY:
crq.
DEFINITION:
Arabic root, to sweat. a.arrack, raki, from Arabic caraq, sweat, a strong, clear liquor made of raisins; b.borage, probably from Arabic bcaraq, from abcaraq, father of sweat. Both a and b from Arabic caraq, sweat, from cariqa, to sweat, perspire.
caraq, from 
ab
