Where does “בעצם” come from?
בעצם (Yiddish) comes from Hebrew בעצם, from Hebrew עצם, from Proto-Semitic ʕaṯ̣m- — bone.
בעצם (Yiddish): basically, intrinsically, fundamentally, as a...
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- basically, intrinsically, fundamentally, as a...
Ancestry of “בעצם”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hebrew | בעצם | Actually, in fact; By ___self, on ___'s own,... |
| 2 | Hebrew | עצם | bone; a thing, object; gist, essence |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | ʕaṯ̣m- | bone |