Where does “مادية” come from?

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

مادية (Arabic): materialism concern over material possessions

Definitions

  1. materialism concern over material possessions

Ancestry of “مادية”, step by step

مادية traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic ـِيَّة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicـِيَّةrelational suffix

via Arabic مَادَّة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمَادَّةmatter, substance
Every word from Arabic ـِيَّة →