Where does “לשעבר” come from?

לשעבר (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew ל־, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

לשעבר (Hebrew): Former, past, previous, erstwhile, sometime

Definitions

  1. Former, past, previous, erstwhile, sometime

Ancestry of “לשעבר”, step by step

לשעבר traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew ל־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewל־To; To, for; Of
2Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to

via Hebrew שעבר

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewשעברlast, past, latest: the most recent
2Hebrewעָבַרto cross
Every word from Proto-Semitic *lV- →Every word from Hebrew ל־ →
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