Where does “ottoman” come from?

ottoman (French) comes from Middle French Ottoman, from Italian ottomano, from Ottoman Turkish osman, from Arabic عُثْمَان.

ottoman (French): Ottoman

Definitions

  1. Ottoman

Ancestry of “ottoman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle FrenchOttomanOsman I (d. 1323/4), founder of the Ottoman Empire
2ItalianottomanoOttoman
3Ottoman Turkishosman—
4Arabicعُثْمَان—

Words derived from “ottoman”

Every word from Arabic عُثْمَان →