Where does “ثلاثة وعشرون” come from?

ثلاثة وعشرون (Arabic) comes from Arabic وَ, from Semitic *wa.

ثلاثة وعشرون (Arabic): twenty-three

Definitions

  1. twenty-three

Ancestry of “ثلاثة وعشرون”, step by step

ثلاثة وعشرون traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic وَ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicوَand
2Semitic*wa—

via Arabic ثَلَاثَة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicثَلَاثَةthree

via Arabic عِشْرُون

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicعِشْرُون—

Words derived from “ثلاثة وعشرون”

Every word from Semitic *wa →Every word from Arabic وَ →
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