Where does “واحد وأربعون” come from?

واحد وأربعون (Arabic) comes from Arabic وَ, from Semitic *wa.

واحد وأربعون (Arabic): forty-one

Definitions

  1. forty-one

Ancestry of “واحد وأربعون”, step by step

واحد وأربعون traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic وَ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicوَand
2Semitic*wa—

via Arabic وَاحِد

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicوَاحِدone

via Arabic اربعون

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicاربعون—
Every word from Semitic *wa →Every word from Arabic وَ →