Where does “إباحية” come from?

إباحية (Arabic) comes from Arabic ـِيَّة — relational suffix.

إباحية (Arabic): libertinism; licentiousness; pornography

Definitions

  1. libertinism; licentiousness; pornography

Ancestry of “إباحية”, step by step

إباحية traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic ـِيَّة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicـِيَّةrelational suffix

via Arabic إِبَاحَة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicإِبَاحَة—
Every word from Arabic ـِيَّة →