Where does “الصوم الأربعيني” come from?

الصوم الأربعيني (Arabic) comes from Arabic صَوْم, from Classical Syriac ܨܘܡܐ — fast.

الصوم الأربعيني (Arabic): Lent, the Christian time of fasting before Easter

Definitions

  1. Lent, the Christian time of fasting before Easter

Ancestry of “الصوم الأربعيني”, step by step

الصوم الأربعيني traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic صَوْم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicصَوْمfasting; abstaining from food, drink, and sex;...
2Classical Syriacܨܘܡܐfast

via Arabic أَرْبَعِينِيّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَرْبَعِينِيّ—
Every word from Classical Syriac ܨܘܡܐ →Every word from Arabic صَوْم →