Where does “قرص” come from?
قرص (Arabic) comes from Arabic قَرَصَ, from Arabic ر, from Arabic رَأَى — to see.
قرص (Arabic): to pinch; to bite, to sting; pinch, pinching
Definitions
- to pinch; to bite, to sting; pinch, pinching
Ancestry of “قرص”, step by step
قرص traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Arabic قَرَصَ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | قَرَصَ | to pinch, to bite, to sting |
| 2 | Arabic | ر | second-person masculine singular active... |
| 3 | Arabic | رَأَى | to see |
via Proto-Semitic ḳaraṣ-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Semitic | ḳaraṣ- | to poke, to prick |