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Where does “بيت المقدس” come from?

بيت المقدس (Arabic) comes from Arabic بَيْت, from Proto-Semitic bayt- — house.

Ancestry of “بيت المقدس”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبَيْتhouse
2Proto-Semiticbayt-house
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