Where does “musulman” come from?
musulman (Middle French) comes from Ottoman Turkish مسلمان, from Persian مسلمان, from Arabic مُسْلِم, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV-.
Ancestry of “musulman”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | مسلمان | Muslim |
| 2 | Persian | مسلمان | Muslim |
| 3 | Arabic | مُسْلِم | Muslim; one who submits |
| 4 | Arabic | أَسْلَمَ | to surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted |
| 5 | Arabic | ل | to, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express... |
| 6 | Proto-Semitic | *lV- | — |