Where does “Moslemess” come from?
Moslemess (English) comes from English Moslem, from Arabic مُسْلِم, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.
Moslemess (English): Archaic spelling of Muslimess
Definitions
- Archaic spelling of Muslimess
Ancestry of “Moslemess”, step by step
Moslemess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Moslem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Moslem | Dated spelling of Muslim |
| 2 | Arabic | مُسْلِم | Muslim; one who submits |
| 3 | Arabic | أَسْلَمَ | to surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted |
| 4 | Arabic | ل | to, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express... |
| 5 | Proto-Semitic | *lV- | for, to |
via English ess
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | ess | The name of the Latin-script letter S; Something... |
| 2 | German | ess | first-person singular present of essen; singular... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | atiska- | grainfield |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂edos- | sort of cereal, grain |