Where does “ابن” come from?

ابن (Arabic) comes from Proto-Semitic bin- — son.

ابن (Arabic): son; descendant, scion; offspring, son of the...

Definitions

  1. son; descendant, scion; offspring, son of the...

Ancestry of “ابن”, step by step

ابن traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Semitic bin-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticbin-son

via Arabic إِبَّان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicإِبَّان—

Words derived from “ابن”

Every word from Proto-Semitic bin- →