Where does “Ismailism” come from?
Ismailism (English) comes from English Ismail, from Arabic إِسْمَاعِيل, from Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל, from Hebrew יִשְׁמַע, from Hebrew אֵל, from Hebrew שמואל, from Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל.
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Ancestry of “Ismailism”, step by step
Ismailism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Ismail
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ismail | Ishmael, the first son of Abraham; traditionally the ancestor of the Arabs and a prophet of Islam |
| 2 | Arabic | إِسْمَاعِيل | — |
| 3 | Hebrew | יִשְׁמָעֵאל | God hears, God will hear |
| 4 | Hebrew | יִשְׁמַע | — |
| 5 | Hebrew | אֵל | a God; God, deity; god, God |
| 6 | Hebrew | שמואל | — |
| 7 | Hebrew | שְׁמוּאֵל | — |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |