Where does “al-Qaeda” come from?
al-Qaeda (English) comes from Arabic القاعدة, from Arabic ع — second-person masculine singular active...
Ancestry of “al-Qaeda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | القاعدة | the toilet, a Western-style sitting toilet as... |
| 2 | Arabic | ع | second-person masculine singular active... |
Words derived from “al-Qaeda”