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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicالthe
2Proto-Semiticʾil-deity; god
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