Where does “Islam” come from?

Islam (Indonesian) comes from Malay Islam, from Arabic إِسْلَام, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

Islam (Indonesian): Islam

Definitions

  1. Islam

Ancestry of “Islam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayIslamIslam
2Arabicإِسْلَامsubmission; religious submission to God, Islam;...
3Arabicأَسْلَمَto surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted
4Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
5Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to

Words derived from “Islam”

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