Where does “mosqueta” come from?

mosqueta (Occitan) comes from French mosquée, from Italian moschea, from Spanish mezquita, from Arabic مَسْجِد, from Arabic سَجَدَ, from Arabic ج — Abbreviation of جَمْع.

mosqueta (Occitan): mosque (a place of worship for Muslims)

Definitions

  1. mosque (a place of worship for Muslims)

Ancestry of “mosqueta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmosquéemosque
2Italianmoscheamosque
3Spanishmezquitamosque; a Native American religious site
4Arabicمَسْجِدmosque; place of worship
5Arabicسَجَدَto bow down; to bow in reverence; to prostrate,...
6ArabicجAbbreviation of جَمْع
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