Where does “antaxt” come from?

antaxt (Cypriot Arabic) comes from Cypriot Arabic taxt, from Arabic تحت, from Arabic تَحْت — that which is below; location that is below.

antaxt (Cypriot Arabic): down there

Definitions

  1. down there

Ancestry of “antaxt”, step by step

antaxt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cypriot Arabic taxt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cypriot Arabictaxtdown, below
2Arabicتحتbelow; under
3Arabicتَحْتthat which is below; location that is below

via Cypriot Arabic an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cypriot Arabican—
Every word from Arabic تَحْت →Every word from Arabic تحت →Every word from Cypriot Arabic taxt →