Where does “آلة كاتبة” come from?

آلة كاتبة (Arabic) comes from Arabic كاتب, from Arabic كَاتِب — clerk.

آلة كاتبة (Arabic): typewriter

Definitions

  1. typewriter

Ancestry of “آلة كاتبة”, step by step

آلة كاتبة traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic كاتب

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكاتبto keep up a correspondence, to correspond with;...
2Arabicكَاتِبclerk

via Arabic آلَة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicآلَةinstrument, tool
Every word from Arabic كَاتِبEvery word from Arabic كاتب