Where does “بين” come from?

بين (Moroccan Arabic) comes from Arabic بين, from Arabic ي, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.

بين (Moroccan Arabic): between in the position or interval that separates two things

Definitions

  1. between in the position or interval that separates two things

Ancestry of “بين”, step by step

بين traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic بين

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبينbetween; verbal noun of بَانَ   – separation,...
2Arabicيbound object pronoun: me, my; The nisba suffix,...
3Proto-Semiticʿayn-eye
4Hebrewעַיִןeye

via Arabic بَيْنَ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبَيْنَ
Every word from Hebrew עַיִןEvery word from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-Every word from Arabic ي
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