Where does “عقيدة” come from?
عقيدة (Arabic) comes from Arabic عَقِيدَة, from Arabic ق, from Nabataean 𐢏, from Phoenician 𐤒 — qoph; qop.
عقيدة (Arabic): belief, creed
Ancestry of “عقيدة”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | عَقِيدَة | — |
| 2 | Arabic | ق | second-person masculine singular active... |
| 3 | Nabataean | 𐢏 | — |
| 4 | Phoenician | 𐤒 | qoph; qop |