Where does “إسلام” come from?
إسلام (Arabic) comes from Arabic إِسْلَام, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.
إسلام (Arabic): verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ; submission, resignation,...
Definitions
- verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ; submission, resignation,...
Ancestry of “إسلام”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | إِسْلَام | submission; religious submission to God, Islam;... |
| 2 | Arabic | أَسْلَمَ | to surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted |
| 3 | Arabic | ل | to, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express... |
| 4 | Proto-Semitic | *lV- | for, to |
Words derived from “إسلام”