Where does “islam” come from?

islam (Romanian) comes from French islam, from Arabic إِسْلَام, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

islam (Romanian): Islam

Definitions

  1. Islam

Ancestry of “islam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchislamIslam
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
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