Where does “كيفية” come from?

كيفية (Arabic) comes from Arabic ـِيَّة — relational suffix.

كيفية (Arabic): howness; quality; way, manner

Definitions

  1. howness; quality; way, manner

Ancestry of “كيفية”, step by step

كيفية traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic ـِيَّة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicـِيَّةrelational suffix

via Arabic كَيْف

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكَيْفpleasure; joy; opiate

Words derived from “كيفية

Every word from Arabic ـِيَّة