Where does “mameluk” come from?

mameluk (Hungarian) comes from German Mameluk, from Italian mamelucco, from Arabic مَمْلُوك, from Arabic مَلَكَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

mameluk (Hungarian): mameluke

Definitions

  1. mameluke

Ancestry of “mameluk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMameluk—
2ItalianmameluccoAlternative form of mammalucco
3Arabicمَمْلُوكslave
4Arabicمَلَكَto possess; to rule; to own; to take possession...
5Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
6Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to
Every word from Proto-Semitic *lV- →Every word from Arabic ل →Every word from Arabic مَلَكَ →