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 رَأَىEvery word from Arabic رEvery word from Arabic عرض
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