Where does “افتعال” come from?

افتعال (Arabic) comes from Arabic افتعل, from Arabic ع — second-person masculine singular active...

افتعال (Arabic): verbal noun of اِفْتَعَلَ; creation, concoction;...

Definitions

  1. verbal noun of اِفْتَعَلَ; creation, concoction;...

Ancestry of “افتعال”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicافتعلto concoct, to invent, to create; to devise, to...
2Arabicعsecond-person masculine singular active...
Every word from Arabic ع →Every word from Arabic افتعل →