Where does “basit” come from?
basit (Turkish) comes from Arabic بسيط, from Arabic بسط, from Arabic س, from Arabic سَوْفَ — {{qualifier|future tense marker}}.
basit (Turkish): easy; primitive
Ancestry of “basit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | بسيط | wide, extended, spread out; easy, simple |
| 2 | Arabic | بسط | to extend, to stretch; to spread; to cheer, to... |
| 3 | Arabic | س | will |
| 4 | Arabic | سَوْفَ | {{qualifier|future tense marker}} |