Where does “خارجية” come from?

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

خارجية (Arabic): exterior; foreign affairs; feminine singular of...

Definitions

  1. exterior; foreign affairs; feminine singular of...

Ancestry of “خارجية”, step by step

خارجية traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic ـِيَّة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicـِيَّةrelational suffix

via Arabic خَارِج

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicخَارِجoutside, exterior
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