Where does “مفيش” come from?

مفيش (Egyptian Arabic) comes from Egyptian Arabic مش, from Arabic مَا هُوَ شَيْء.

مفيش (Egyptian Arabic): alternative spelling of مَافِيش

Definitions

  1. alternative spelling of مَافِيش

Ancestry of “مفيش”, step by step

مفيش traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Egyptian Arabic مش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptian Arabicمشnot
2Arabicمَا هُوَ شَيْء—

via Arabic فِي

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicفِيin
Every word from Arabic مَا هُوَ شَيْء →Every word from Egyptian Arabic مش →