Where does “خواهشمند” come from?

خواهشمند (Persian) comes from Persian خواهش, from Persian ـش, from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭭.

خواهشمند (Persian): requesting, asking

Definitions

  1. requesting, asking

Ancestry of “خواهشمند”, step by step

خواهشمند traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian خواهش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianخواهشrequest
2Persianـش-tion
3Middle Persian𐭱𐭭

via Persian ـمند

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـمندwith, having
Every word from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭭