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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | حَدَّثَ | to tell, relate, report |
via Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Semitic | *ḥdṯ- | to be(come) new |