Where does “مؤلف” come from?

مؤلف (Arabic) comes from Arabic الف, from English elf, from Middle English elf, from Old English ielf, from Proto-West Germanic albi, from Proto-Germanic albī, from Latin Albis, from Latin Albeus.

مؤلف (Arabic): writer, author

Definitions

  1. writer, author

Ancestry of “مؤلف”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicالف
2EnglishelfA luminous spirit presiding over nature and...
3Middle Englishelfelf, fairy; spirit, shade
4Old Englishielfelf
5Proto-West Germanicalbielf, fairy
6Proto-Germanicalbīriver
7LatinAlbis
8LatinAlbeus

Words derived from “مؤلف

Every word from Latin Albeus
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