Where does “فئة” come from?

فئة (Arabic) comes from Proto-Semitic *piʔat- — side, edge, front.

فئة (Arabic): group, band, division, class

Definitions

  1. group, band, division, class

Ancestry of “فئة”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitic*piʔat-side, edge, front
Every word from Proto-Semitic *piʔat-