Etymograph

English

rasm

Rasm comes from Arabic رَسْم ‘verbal noun of رَسَمَ (rasama) (form I)’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentرَسْم1rasm‘verbal noun of رَسَمَ (rasama) (form I)’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2017rasm1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English rasm
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2017, J. R. Osborn: “Higher layers flesh out rasm; they provide body, specificity,…”.

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentرَسْمWiktionary, English rasmrasm‘verbal noun of رَسَمَ (rasama) (form I)’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2017rasmWiktionary, English rasm. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2017, J. R. Osborn: “Higher layers flesh out rasm; they provide body, specificity,…”

Every English word from Arabic رَسْم

Today it means

noun The base shape of an Arabic-script letter, without dots that distinguish it from other letters.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rasm”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Arabic رَسْم / rasm

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