Where does “kulma” come from?

kulma (Maltese) comes from Maltese kull, from Arabic كُلّ — each, every, whole, all.

kulma (Maltese): whatever, everything that

Definitions

  1. whatever, everything that

Ancestry of “kulma”, step by step

kulma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Maltese kull

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maltesekullevery; each
2Arabicكُلّeach, every, whole, all

via Maltese ma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maltesemanot; used to negate verbs and pronominal adverbs
2Arabicمَاthat; not; what
Every word from Arabic كُلّ →Every word from Maltese kull →