Where does “kesir” come from?

kesir (Turkish) comes from Arabic كسر, from Arabic كَسَرَ, from Arabic س, from Arabic سَوْفَ — {{qualifier|future tense marker}}.

kesir (Turkish): fraction

Definitions

  1. fraction

Ancestry of “kesir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكسرto break, to crash, to smash; to defeat, to rout;...
2Arabicكَسَرَto break
3Arabicسwill
4Arabicسَوْفَ{{qualifier|future tense marker}}
Every word from Arabic سَوْفَ →Every word from Arabic س →Every word from Arabic كَسَرَ →