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Where does “מכונת כתיבה” come from?

מכונת כתיבה (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew כְּתִיבָה, from Hebrew כָּתַב, from Hebrew כ־ת־ב, from Proto-West Semitic *katab-.

מכונת כתיבה (Hebrew): A typewriter

Definitions

  1. A typewriter

Ancestry of “מכונת כתיבה”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewכְּתִיבָהwriting
2Hebrewכָּתַבwrite
3Hebrewכ־ת־בforming words pertaining to writing
4Proto-West Semitic*katab-—
Every word from Proto-West Semitic *katab- →