Where does “تعفن” come from?

تعفن (Arabic) comes from Arabic تَعَفَّنَ, from Arabic ف, from Arabic نَفِدَ — to run out, to give out.

تعفن (Arabic): to rot, to putrefy and decay, to moulder; to...

Definitions

  1. to rot, to putrefy and decay, to moulder; to...

Ancestry of “تعفن”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicتَعَفَّنَto rot
2Arabicفthen, and then; and so, thus, hence, therefore;...
3Arabicنَفِدَto run out, to give out
Every word from Arabic نَفِدَ →Every word from Arabic ف →Every word from Arabic تَعَفَّنَ →