Where does “عريضة” come from?

عريضة (Arabic) comes from Arabic عريض, from Arabic عرض, from Arabic ر, from Arabic رَأَى — to see.

عريضة (Arabic): petition, a written representation

Definitions

  1. petition, a written representation

Ancestry of “عريضة”, step by step

عريضة traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic عريض

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicعريضwide; broad
2Arabicعرضto appear; to happen, to occur; to show, to...
3Arabicرsecond-person masculine singular active...
4Arabicرَأَىto see

via Arabic ـَة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicـَةfeminine marker, also used to mark language names...
Every word from Arabic رَأَى →Every word from Arabic ر →Every word from Arabic عرض →