Where does “واحد وثلاثون” come from?

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

واحد وثلاثون (Arabic): thirty-one

Definitions

  1. thirty-one

Ancestry of “واحد وثلاثون”, step by step

واحد وثلاثون traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic وَ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicوَand
2Semitic*wa—

via Arabic ثلاثون

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicثلاثونthirty; thirtieth
2Arabicـُون—

via Arabic وَاحِد

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicوَاحِدone

Words derived from “واحد وثلاثون”

Every word from Semitic *wa →Every word from Arabic وَ →