Where does “البسيط” come from?

البسيط (Andalusian Arabic) comes from Arabic بسيط, from Arabic بسط, from Arabic س, from Arabic سَوْفَ — {{qualifier|future tense marker}}.

البسيط (Andalusian Arabic): the plain

Definitions

  1. the plain

Ancestry of “البسيط”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبسيطwide, extended, spread out; easy, simple
2Arabicبسطto extend, to stretch; to spread; to cheer, to...
3Arabicسwill
4Arabicسَوْفَ{{qualifier|future tense marker}}

Words derived from “البسيط”

Every word from Arabic سَوْفَ →Every word from Arabic س →Every word from Arabic بسط →
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