Where does “ماعزة” come from?

ماعزة (Arabic) comes from Arabic ماعز, from Proto-West Semitic *maʕaz- — goat.

ماعزة (Arabic): female equivalent of مَاعِز

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of مَاعِز

Ancestry of “ماعزة”, step by step

ماعزة traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic ماعز

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicماعزmale goat, billy goat
2Proto-West Semitic*maʕaz-goat

via Arabic ـَة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicـَةfeminine marker, also used to mark language names...
Every word from Proto-West Semitic *maʕaz- →Every word from Arabic ماعز →