Where does “منتصف الليل” come from?

منتصف الليل (Arabic) comes from Arabic لَيْل, from Proto-Semitic *laylay- — night.

منتصف الليل (Arabic): midnight

Definitions

  1. midnight

Ancestry of “منتصف الليل”, step by step

منتصف الليل traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic لَيْل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicلَيْلnighttime
2Proto-Semitic*laylay-night

via Arabic مُنْتَصَف

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمُنْتَصَف—
Every word from Proto-Semitic *laylay- →Every word from Arabic لَيْل →