Where does “ቀደመ” come from?

ቀደመ (Amharic) comes from Proto-Semitic q-d-m — to precede, come before.

ቀደመ (Amharic): To precede, to be ahead of, to be before, to be first, to lead

Definitions

  1. To precede, to be ahead of, to be before, to be first, to lead

Ancestry of “ቀደመ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticq-d-mto precede, come before
Every word from Proto-Semitic q-d-m
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