Where does “مجلس” come from?

مجلس (Arabic) comes from Arabic جَلَسَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

مجلس (Arabic): seat; place of meeting; seat of an assembling...

Definitions

  1. seat; place of meeting; seat of an assembling...

Ancestry of “مجلس”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicجَلَسَto sit; sit
2Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
3Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to
Every word from Proto-Semitic *lV- →Every word from Arabic ل →Every word from Arabic جَلَسَ →