Where does “حيوانية” come from?

حيوانية (Arabic) comes from Arabic ـِيَّة — relational suffix.

حيوانية (Arabic): The condition or quality of being an animal

Definitions

  1. The condition or quality of being an animal

Ancestry of “حيوانية”, step by step

حيوانية traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic ـِيَّة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicـِيَّةrelational suffix

via Arabic حَيَوَان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicحَيَوَانanimal
Every word from Arabic ـِيَّة