Where does “qagħad” come from?

qagħad (Maltese) comes from Arabic قَعَدَ, from Arabic ع — second-person masculine singular active...

qagħad (Maltese): to be; to stay; to sit; to sit down

Definitions

  1. to be; to stay; to sit; to sit down

Ancestry of “qagħad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقَعَدَto sit down, to lie in wait, to waylay; to sit
2Arabicعsecond-person masculine singular active...
Every word from Arabic ع →Every word from Arabic قَعَدَ →