Where does “فلسطین” come from?
فلسطین (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Classical Persian فَلَسْطِین, from Arabic فلسطين, from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη, from Ancient Greek Παλαιστῑ́νη, from Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת, from Hebrew פ־ל־ש — migrate, invade.
Ancestry of “فلسطین”, step by step