Where does “هم‌اکنون” come from?

هم‌اکنون (Persian) comes from Persian هم, from Middle Persian hm, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎶, from Proto-Iranian hamHás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian samHás, from Proto-Indo-European somHós, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

هم‌اکنون (Persian): right now

Definitions

  1. right now

Ancestry of “هم‌اکنون”, step by step

هم‌اکنون traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian هم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianهمalso, too; similarly
2Middle Persianhmsame, similar
3Old Persian𐏃𐎶same, together
4Proto-IranianhamHás—
5Proto-Indo-IraniansamHássame, equal
6Proto-Indo-EuropeansomHóssame, alike
7Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via Persian اکنون

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianاکنونnow; present
2Persianنونnow; The name of the Perso-Arabic script letter...
3Indo-European*nu—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European somHós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian samHás →