Where does “مهندس” come from?

مهندس (Persian) comes from Arabic مُهَنْدِس, from Arabic هَنْدَسَة, from Arabic هَنْدَزَة, from Arabic هَنْدَاز, from Middle Persian handʾc-.

مهندس (Persian): engineer

Definitions

  1. engineer

Ancestry of “مهندس”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمُهَنْدِس—
2Arabicهَنْدَسَةgeometry, architecture, engineering; engineering
3Arabicهَنْدَزَة—
4Arabicهَنْدَاز—
5Middle Persianhandʾc-—
Every word from Middle Persian handʾc- →Every word from Arabic هَنْدَاز →Every word from Arabic هَنْدَزَة →