Where does “seçmen” come from?

seçmen (Turkish) comes from Turkish men, from Ottoman Turkish منع, from Arabic مَنْع.

seçmen (Turkish): voter

Definitions

  1. voter

Ancestry of “seçmen”, step by step

seçmen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish men

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishmenAn act of prohibiting, forbidding
2Ottoman Turkishمنعpreventing, hindering
3Arabicمَنْع—

via Turkish seçmek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishseçmekto choose, select; to pick out, sort; to elect
2Proto-Turkicseč-to choose, select
Every word from Arabic مَنْع →Every word from Ottoman Turkish منع →Every word from Turkish men →