Where does “kismet” come from?

kismet (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قسمت, from Arabic قِسْمَة, from Arabic قَسَمَ, from Arabic س, from Arabic سَوْفَ — {{qualifier|future tense marker}}.

kismet (Serbo-Croatian): kismet; fate

Definitions

  1. kismet; fate

Ancestry of “kismet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقسمتfate, destiny
2Arabicقِسْمَةportion, fate; division, lot, destiny; destiny
3Arabicقَسَمَto divide, to foreordain
4Arabicسwill
5Arabicسَوْفَ{{qualifier|future tense marker}}
Every word from Arabic سَوْفَ →Every word from Arabic س →Every word from Arabic قَسَمَ →