Where does “islamano” come from?
islamano (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto Islamo, from Arabic إِسْلَام, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.
islamano (Esperanto): believer in Islam, Muslim
Definitions
- believer in Islam, Muslim
Ancestry of “islamano”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | Islamo | Islam |
| 2 | Arabic | إِسْلَام | submission; religious submission to God, Islam;... |
| 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 |