Where does “العالم العربي” come from?

العالم العربي (Arabic) comes from Arabic عالم, from Arabic عَلِمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV-.

Ancestry of “العالم العربي”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Arabic	عالم	world; universe, cosmos, existence; things,...
2	Arabic	عَلِمَ	to know, to perceive, to distinguish
3	Arabic	ل	to, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
4	Proto-Semitic	*lV-	—

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