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Where does “تم” come from?

تم (Arabic) comes from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.

تم (Arabic): to be fulfilled, to be completed; to come about,...

Definitions

  1. to be fulfilled, to be completed; to come about,...

Ancestry of “تم”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
2Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-—
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