Where does “עכשווי” come from?

עכשווי (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew עכשיו, from Hebrew עַד כְּשָׁעָה.

עכשווי (Hebrew): contemporary, modern

Definitions

  1. contemporary, modern

Ancestry of “עכשווי”, step by step

עכשווי traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew עכשיו

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewעכשיוnow
2Hebrewעַד כְּשָׁעָה

via Hebrew ־י

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrew־יUsed in adjectives with the meaning “related to”;...
Every word from Hebrew עַד כְּשָׁעָהEvery word from Hebrew עכשיו