Where does “سهل ممتنع” come from?

سهل ممتنع (Persian) comes from Persian سهل, from Arabic سَهْل — easy.

سهل ممتنع (Persian): Difficult or complicated while looking easy to...

Definitions

  1. Difficult or complicated while looking easy to...

Ancestry of “سهل ممتنع”, step by step

سهل ممتنع traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian سهل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianسهلeasy
2Arabicسَهْلeasy

via Persian ِ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianِ—

via Persian ممتنع

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianممتنعimpossible
Every word from Arabic سَهْل →Every word from Persian سهل →