Where does “استعمر” come from?
استعمر (Arabic) comes from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.
استعمر (Arabic): to settle, to colonize
Ancestry of “استعمر”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | م | a prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix... |
| 2 | Proto-Semitic | šamaʿ- | — |