Where does “أرض” come from?

أرض (Arabic) comes from Arabic أَرْض, from Proto-Semitic ʾarṣ́-.

أرض (Arabic): land, earth; Earth, earth; country

Definitions

  1. land, earth; Earth, earth; country

Ancestry of “أرض”, step by step

أرض traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic أَرْض

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَرْضearth; ground, soil
2Proto-Semiticʾarṣ́-—

via Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitic*ʔarṣ́-earth
Every word from Proto-Semitic ʾarṣ́- →Every word from Arabic أَرْض →