Where does “مثلي” come from?

مثلي (Arabic) comes from Arabic ـِيّ — {{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...

مثلي (Arabic): homosexual; replaceable, fungible; of the same...

Definitions

  1. homosexual; replaceable, fungible; of the same...

Ancestry of “مثلي”, step by step

مثلي traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic ـِيّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicـِيّ{{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...

via Arabic مِثْل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمِثْلlike
Every word from Arabic ـِيّ