Where does “استقل” come from?

استقل (Arabic) comes from Arabic اِسْتَقَلَّ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

استقل (Arabic): to find small, to find too paltry; to despise, to...

Definitions

  1. to find small, to find too paltry; to despise, to...

Ancestry of “استقل”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicاِسْتَقَلَّto be independent
2Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
3Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to
Every word from Proto-Semitic *lV- →Every word from Arabic ل →Every word from Arabic اِسْتَقَلَّ →