Where does “فاضلاب” come from?

فاضلاب (Persian) comes from Persian آب, from Arabic آب, from Classical Syriac ܐܒ, from Aramaic אב, from Akkadian Abum, from Proto-Semitic ʔabw-, from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab- — father.

فاضلاب (Persian): wastewater, sewage water

Definitions

  1. wastewater, sewage water

Ancestry of “فاضلاب”, step by step

فاضلاب traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian آب

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianآبwater; liquid; juice
2Arabicآبto return, to come back; to repent; to incur,...
3Classical SyriacܐܒAugust
4Aramaicאבabsolute form of אַבָּא
5AkkadianAbumAbu, the fifth month of the Babylonian calendar (approximately July-August)
6Proto-Semiticʔabw-father
7Proto-Afroasiaticʔab-father

via Persian فاضل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianفاضل
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab-Every word from Proto-Semitic ʔabw-Every word from Akkadian Abum