origin of names of stars in Orions belt?

The names are rather odd and don’t appear to be Greek,

ζ Ori (Alnitak), ε Ori (Alnilam) and δ Ori (Mintaka).

Likely the easiest question in a while, but wiki is no help, AFAIK.

They, like the common names of most visible stars, are Arabic.

Arabic. Most of early astronomy was pioneered by the Arabs.

Thanks. Once you said that, I remembered and found the reference. :smack: They all mean “Belt” or something along those lines.