Where does “إِسْلَام” come from?

إِسْلَام (Arabic) comes from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

إِسْلَام (Arabic): submission; religious submission to God, Islam;...

Definitions

  1. submission; religious submission to God, Islam;...

Ancestry of “إِسْلَام”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَسْلَمَto surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted
2Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
3Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to

Words derived from “إِسْلَام”

Every word from Proto-Semitic *lV- →Every word from Arabic ل →Every word from Arabic أَسْلَمَ →