Where does “آلة كاتبة” come from?
آلة كاتبة (Arabic) comes from Arabic كاتب, from Arabic كَاتِب — clerk.
آلة كاتبة (Arabic): typewriter
Definitions
- typewriter
Ancestry of “آلة كاتبة”, step by step
آلة كاتبة traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Arabic كاتب
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | كاتب | to keep up a correspondence, to correspond with;... |
| 2 | Arabic | كَاتِب | clerk |
via Arabic آلَة
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | آلَة | instrument, tool |