Where does “أربعة” come from?

أربعة (Arabic) comes from Proto-Semitic ʔarbaʕ- — four.

أربعة (Arabic): four; plural of رَبِيع

Definitions

  1. four; plural of رَبِيع

Ancestry of “أربعة”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticʔarbaʕ-four
Every word from Proto-Semitic ʔarbaʕ-