Where does “mamelucco” come from?

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

mamelucco (Italian): Alternative form of mammalucco

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of mammalucco

Ancestry of “mamelucco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمَمْلُوكslave
2Arabicمَلَكَto possess; to rule; to own; to take possession...
3Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
4Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to

Words derived from “mamelucco”

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