Where does “كتب” come from?

كتب (Chadian Arabic) comes from Arabic كتب, from Proto-West Semitic *katab- — to scrape, to scratch.

كتب (Chadian Arabic): to write

Definitions

  1. to write

Ancestry of “كتب”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكتبto write, to inscribe; to record, to register, to...
2Proto-West Semitic*katab-to scrape, to scratch
Every word from Proto-West Semitic *katab- →Every word from Arabic كتب →