Where does “خلف” come from?

خلف (Arabic) comes from Proto-Semitic ḫalap- — to go beyond, to transgress.

خلف (Arabic): to succeed, to follow, to come after; to...

Definitions

  1. to succeed, to follow, to come after; to...

Ancestry of “خلف”, step by step

خلف traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Semitic ḫalap-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticḫalap-to go beyond, to transgress

via Arabic خَلَفَ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicخَلَفَto be the successor, to substitute for
Every word from Proto-Semitic ḫalap-