Where does “قسم” come from?

قسم (Hijazi Arabic) comes from Arabic قسم, from Arabic قَسَمَ, from Arabic س, from Arabic سَوْفَ — {{qualifier|future tense marker}}.

قسم (Hijazi Arabic): section, division, sort, part

Definitions

  1. section, division, sort, part

Ancestry of “قسم”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقسمto divide; to distribute; to determine according...
2Arabicقَسَمَto divide, to foreordain
3Arabicسwill
4Arabicسَوْفَ{{qualifier|future tense marker}}
Every word from Arabic سَوْفَ →Every word from Arabic س →Every word from Arabic قَسَمَ →