Where does “בארבע עיניים” come from?

בארבע עיניים (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew ארבע, from Proto-Semitic ʔarbaʕ- — four.

בארבע עיניים (Hebrew): face-to-face, tête-à-tête, one-on-one, between the two of us

Definitions

  1. face-to-face, tête-à-tête, one-on-one, between the two of us

Ancestry of “בארבע עיניים”, step by step

בארבע עיניים traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew ארבע

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewארבע
2Proto-Semiticʔarbaʕ-four

via Hebrew בְּ־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewבְּ־with; in, with
Every word from Proto-Semitic ʔarbaʕ-Every word from Hebrew ארבע