Where does “اليوم” come from?

اليوم (Arabic) comes from Arabic ال, from Proto-Semitic ʾil- — deity; god.

اليوم (Arabic): today

Definitions

  1. today

Ancestry of “اليوم”, step by step

اليوم traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic ال

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicالthe
2Proto-Semiticʾil-deity; god

via Arabic يَوْم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicيَوْمday

Words derived from “اليوم

Every word from Proto-Semitic ʾil-Every word from Arabic ال
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