Where does “كلية” come from?
كلية (Arabic) comes from Latin ūniversitās, from Latin ūniversus, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
كلية (Arabic): college, academy, school, secondary school;...
Definitions
- college, academy, school, secondary school;...
Ancestry of “كلية”, step by step
كلية traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin ūniversitās
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | ūniversitās | the whole |
| 2 | Latin | ūniversus | whole, entire, taken collectively or altogether |
| 3 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 4 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via Arabic كُلّ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | كُلّ | each, every, whole, all |
via Arabic كُلْوَة
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | كُلْوَة | kidney |