Where does “-at” come from?

-at (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـات, from Arabic ـَات.

-at (Turkish): Forms plurals from words of Arabic origin

Definitions

  1. Forms plurals from words of Arabic origin

Ancestry of “-at”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـات—
2Arabicـَات—
Every word from Arabic ـَات →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـات →