Where does “hapsiti” come from?
hapsiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian hȁps, from Ottoman Turkish حبس, from Arabic حَبْس — confinement.
hapsiti (Serbo-Croatian): to arrest
Ancestry of “hapsiti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | hȁps | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | حبس | imprisonment, confinement; prison, jail;... |
| 3 | Arabic | حَبْس | confinement |
Words derived from “hapsiti”