Where does “Mahomet” come from?

Mahomet comes from Latin Mahometus, which derives from Arabic مُحَمَّد, the name of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Mahomet (English): the prophet who introduced Islam

Definitions

  1. the prophet who introduced Islam

Ancestry of “Mahomet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishMacometMuhammad
2LatinMachometus—
3Jewish Aramaicمَحُمَّدْ—
4Arabicمُحَمَّدpraised, commendable, laudable; Muhammad
5Classical Persianجَان—
6Middle Persian𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫗—
7Proto-Iranian*wyaHnáH—
8Proto-Indo-IranianwyaHnás—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enh₁‑to breathe

Words derived from “Mahomet”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁‑ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wyaHnás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *wyaHnáH →