Where does “إذا ما” come from?

إذا ما (Arabic) comes from Arabic إِذَا.

إذا ما (Arabic): when; whenever

Definitions

  1. when; whenever

Ancestry of “إذا ما”, step by step

إذا ما traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic إِذَا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicإِذَا

via Arabic ـمَا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicـمَاsoever
Every word from Arabic إِذَا