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Where does “Mahomet” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Mahomet”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Mahomet”

  • Mahometism
  • Mahometry
  • Mahometist
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