Where does “إرهاب” come from?
إرهاب (Arabic) comes from Arabic أَرْهَبَ, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه, from Persian کاستن, from Proto-Iranian kas-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- — to see; to look.
إرهاب (Arabic): verbal noun of أَرْهَبَ
Ancestry of “إرهاب”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | أَرْهَبَ | to terrorize, to terrify, to frighten, to scare,... |
| 2 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 3 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 4 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 5 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 6 | Persian | کاستن | — |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |