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

Definitions

  1. easy; primitive

Ancestry of “basit”, step by step

basit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic بسيط

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبسيطwide, extended, spread out; easy, simple
2Arabicبسطto extend, to stretch; to spread; to cheer, to...
3Arabicسwill
4Arabicسَوْفَ{{qualifier|future tense marker}}

via Ottoman Turkish بسیط

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبسیطeasy

Words derived from “basit”

Every word from Arabic سَوْفَ →Every word from Arabic س →Every word from Arabic بسط →