Where does “اپيم” come from?
اپيم (Pashto) comes from Hindi अफ़ीम, from Classical Persian اَفْیُون, from Arabic أَفْيُون, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον, from Ancient Greek ὀπός, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷós, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
اپيم (Pashto): opium
Ancestry of “اپيم”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hindi | अफ़ीम | opium |
| 2 | Classical Persian | اَفْیُون | — |
| 3 | Arabic | أَفْيُون | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὄπιον | poppy juice, opium |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὀπός | juice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷós | juice of plants |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |