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Where does “falsafah” come from?

falsafah (Classical Malay) comes from Malay falsafah, from Arabic فَلْسَفَة, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

falsafah (Classical Malay): philosophy: a view or outlook regarding...

Definitions

  1. philosophy: a view or outlook regarding...

Ancestry of “falsafah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayfalsafahphilosophy
2Arabicفَلْسَفَةphilosophy
3Ancient Greekφιλοσοφίαlove of knowledge, pursuit of knowledge; the...
4Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “falsafah”

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