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Where does “استأمن” come from?

استأمن (Arabic) comes from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.

استأمن (Arabic): to entrust

Definitions

  1. to entrust

Ancestry of “استأمن”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
2Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-—
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