Where does “قسم” come from?

قسم (South Levantine Arabic) comes from Arabic قَسَمَ, from Arabic س, from Arabic سَوْفَ — {{qualifier|future tense marker}}.

قسم (South Levantine Arabic): to split, to halve

Definitions

  1. to split, to halve

Ancestry of “قسم”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقَسَمَto divide, to foreordain
2Arabicسwill
3Arabicسَوْفَ{{qualifier|future tense marker}}
Every word from Arabic سَوْفَ →Every word from Arabic س →Every word from Arabic قَسَمَ →
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