Where does “حدث” come from?

حدث (Arabic) comes from Arabic حَدَّثَ — to tell, relate, report.

حدث (Arabic): to happen, to take place; to be new, to be young;...

Definitions

  1. to happen, to take place; to be new, to be young;...

Ancestry of “حدث”, step by step

حدث traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic حَدَّثَ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicحَدَّثَto tell, relate, report

via Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitic*ḥdṯ-to be(come) new

Words derived from “حدث

Every word from Arabic حَدَّثَ