Where does “نباتیات” come from?
نباتیات (Urdu) comes from Urdu یات, from Arabic ـِيَّات.
نباتیات (Urdu): botany
Definitions
- botany
Ancestry of “نباتیات”, step by step
نباتیات traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Urdu یات
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urdu | یات | denoting the science, study or branch of knowledge of the thing denoted by the word it is suffixed to: -logy, -ology |
| 2 | Arabic | ـِيَّات | — |
via Urdu نبات
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urdu | نبات | — |