Where does “بس” come from?
بس (Urdu) comes from Persian بس, from English bus, from English omnibus, from French omnibus, from Latin omnibus, from Latin omnis, from Proto-Italic opnis, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ep-ni-s — to work, toil, make; ability, force.
بس (Urdu): merely, only
Definitions
- merely, only
Ancestry of “بس”, step by step
بس traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian بس
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | بس | enough, sufficiently; only; many |
| 2 | English | bus | A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of... |
| 3 | English | omnibus | A vehicle set up to carry many people; An... |
| 4 | French | omnibus | Pertaining to a local; omnibus, bus |
| 5 | Latin | omnibus | dative masculine plural of omnis; dative feminine... |
| 6 | Latin | omnis | every; all |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | opnis | every, all |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep-ni-s | working |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep- | to work, toil, make; ability, force |
via Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀲
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀯𑀲 | — |
| 2 | Ashokan Prakrit | 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 | twenty |
| 3 | Sanskrit | विंशति | twenty, a score |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | HwiHśatí | twenty |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HwiHćati | twenty |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁wih₁ḱm̥t | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti | two tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten |
via Classical Persian بس
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | بس | — |