Where does “فارسي” come from?
فارسي (Egyptian Arabic) comes from Arabic فَارِسِيّ, from Classical Persian پَارْسِی, from Persian پارس, from French paris, from French patrice, from Latin Pātricius, from Latin -icius, from Latin -icus — -y, -ic.
فارسي (Egyptian Arabic): Persian, Farsi
Ancestry of “فارسي”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | فَارِسِيّ | — |
| 2 | Classical Persian | پَارْسِی | — |
| 3 | Persian | پارس | Persian; a pard; an animal smaller than a leopard... |
| 4 | French | paris | plural of pari |
| 5 | French | patrice | patrician |
| 6 | Latin | Pātricius | — |
| 7 | Latin | -icius | -itious |
| 8 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
Words derived from “فارسي”