Where does “alif” come from?

alif (French) comes from Arabic أَلِف — alif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.

alif (French): alif Arabic letter

Definitions

  1. alif Arabic letter

Ancestry of “alif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَلِفalif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet
Every word from Arabic أَلِف