Where does “أهل” come from?

أهل (Arabic) comes from Proto-Semitic *ʔahl- — tent camp.

أهل (Arabic): family, household; people, kinfolk, relations

Definitions

  1. family, household; people, kinfolk, relations

Ancestry of “أهل”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitic*ʔahl-tent camp
Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʔahl- →