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Where does “خَيَاطَة” come from?
خَيَاطَة (Andalusian Arabic) comes from Latin caia, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂eyd- — to cut, hew.
Ancestry of “خَيَاطَة”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
caia
A cudgel
2
Proto-Indo-European
kh₂eyd-
to cut, hew
Words derived from “خَيَاطَة”
alcayata
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