Where does “فعالیت” come from?

فعالیت (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـیت, from Arabic ـِيَّة — relational suffix.

فعالیت (Ottoman Turkish): activity

Definitions

  1. activity

Ancestry of “فعالیت”, step by step

فعالیت traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـیت

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـیت—
2Arabicـِيَّةrelational suffix

via Ottoman Turkish فعال

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishفعالa constant, habitual actor, or worker; especially, God
2Arabicفَعَّال—
Every word from Arabic ـِيَّة →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـیت →