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Where does “islamitzar” come from?

islamitzar (Catalan) comes from Catalan islam, from Arabic إِسْلَام, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV-.

islamitzar (Catalan): to Islamize/Islamise, Islamicize

Definitions

  1. to Islamize/Islamise, Islamicize

Ancestry of “islamitzar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CatalanislamIslam
2Arabicإِسْلَامsubmission; religious submission to God, Islam;...
3Arabicأَسْلَمَto surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted
4Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
5Proto-Semitic*lV-—
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