Where does “بطاقة” come from?

بطاقة (Arabic) comes from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον, from Ancient Greek πιττά, from Proto-Indo-European peyH- — fat, milk.

بطاقة (Arabic): card; piece of paper; ticket

Definitions

  1. card; piece of paper; ticket

Ancestry of “بطاقة”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπιττάκιονwriting tablet; a leaf out of a writing tablet,...
2Ancient Greekπιττάpitch, tar
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpeyH-fat, milk

Words derived from “بطاقة”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyH- →Every word from Ancient Greek πιττά →Every word from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον →