Where does “żgħir” come from?

żgħir (Maltese) comes from Arabic صَغِير, from Arabic غ, from Arabic ع — second-person masculine singular active...

żgħir (Maltese): small, little, tiny

Definitions

  1. small, little, tiny

Ancestry of “żgħir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicصَغِيرsmall, young
2Arabicغ—
3Arabicعsecond-person masculine singular active...
Every word from Arabic ع →Every word from Arabic غ →Every word from Arabic صَغِير →