Where does “Muhammadan” come from?

Muhammadan derives from English Muhammad combined with Italian -ana, from Arabic م, Latin -anus, Latin -anus, Latin -um, Latin -us, and Proto-Italic -os.

Muhammadan (English): Alternative form of Mohammedan

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of Mohammedan

Ancestry of “Muhammadan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Muhammadan”

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