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Where does “وَ” come from?

وَ (Arabic) comes from Semitic *wa.

وَ (Arabic): and

Definitions

  1. and

Ancestry of “وَ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Semitic*wa—

Words derived from “وَ”

  • ولا
  • ولو
  • ولكن
  • u
  • ولا
  • و
Every word from Semitic *wa →