Where does “نظرية” come from?

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

نظرية (Arabic): theory

Definitions

  1. theory

Ancestry of “نظرية”, step by step

نظرية traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic ـِيَّة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicـِيَّةrelational suffix

via Arabic نَظَر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicنَظَرeyesight; outlook
Every word from Arabic ـِيَّة