Where does “فارسی” come from?
فارسی (Urdu) comes from Classical Persian فَارْسِی, from Arabic فَارِسِيّ, from Classical Persian پَارْسِی, from Persian پارس, from French paris, from French patrice, from Latin Pātricius, from Latin -icius — -y, -ic.
فارسی (Urdu): Persian
Ancestry of “فارسی”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Classical Persian | فَارْسِی | — |
| 2 | Arabic | فَارِسِيّ | — |
| 3 | Classical Persian | پَارْسِی | — |
| 4 | Persian | پارس | Persian; a pard; an animal smaller than a leopard... |
| 5 | French | paris | plural of pari |
| 6 | French | patrice | patrician |
| 7 | Latin | Pātricius | — |
| 8 | Latin | -icius | -itious |
| 9 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |