Where does “الجرح والتعديل” come from?

الجرح والتعديل (Arabic) comes from Arabic تعديل, from Arabic عدل, from Arabic د, from Arabic اِسْتَخْدَمَ — to use, hire.

الجرح والتعديل (Arabic): impugnment and validation, accrediting and discrediting

Definitions

  1. impugnment and validation, accrediting and discrediting

Ancestry of “الجرح والتعديل”, step by step

الجرح والتعديل traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic تعديل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicتعديلstraightening
2Arabicعدلto act justly; to make equal; to be equal to, to...
3Arabicد—
4Arabicاِسْتَخْدَمَto use, hire

via Arabic وَ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicوَand
2Semitic*wa—

via Arabic جرح

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicجرحwound
Every word from Arabic اِسْتَخْدَمَ →Every word from Arabic د →Every word from Arabic عدل →