Where does “هیچ‌وقت” come from?

هیچ‌وقت (Persian) comes from Persian وقت, from Arabic وَقْت — time.

هیچ‌وقت (Persian): ever

Definitions

  1. ever

Ancestry of “هیچ‌وقت”, step by step

هیچ‌وقت traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian وقت

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianوقتtime; hour
2Arabicوَقْتtime

via Persian هیچ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianهیچtiny, insignificant, inconsiderable; no; never
2Middle Persian𐭠𐭩𐭰not any
Every word from Arabic وَقْت →Every word from Persian وقت →