Where does “Moslem” come from?

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

Moslem (English): Dated spelling of Muslim

Definitions

  1. Dated spelling of Muslim

Ancestry of “Moslem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicمُسْلِمMuslim; one who submits
2Arabicأَسْلَمَto surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted
3Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
4Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to

Words derived from “Moslem”

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