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Where does “mammalucco” come from?

mammalucco (Italian) comes from French mamelouk, from Arabic مَمْلُوك, from Arabic مَلَكَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV-.

mammalucco (Italian): mameluke; fool

Definitions

  1. mameluke; fool

Ancestry of “mammalucco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmameloukmameluk; of or relating to the mameluks
2Arabicمَمْلُوكslave
3Arabicمَلَكَto possess; to rule; to own; to take possession...
4Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
5Proto-Semitic*lV-—

Words derived from “mammalucco”

  • mamelucco
  • Mameluk
  • mameluk
Every word from Proto-Semitic *lV- →