Where does “زَوْج” come from?

زَوْج (Arabic) comes from Ancient Greek ζεῦγος, from Proto-Indo-European yugóm, from Proto-Indo-European yewg- — to join, to yoke, to tie together.

زَوْج (Arabic): couple; spouse; pair

Definitions

  1. couple; spouse; pair

Ancestry of “زَوْج”, step by step

زَوْج traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek ζεῦγος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekζεῦγοςpair, two things, persons or animals considered...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanyugómyoke
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together

via Arabic ـِيّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicـِيّ{{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...

Words derived from “زَوْج”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yewg- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yugóm →Every word from Ancient Greek ζεῦγος →