Where does “мошеја” come from?
мошеја (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Moschee, from French mosquée, from Italian moschea, from Spanish mezquita, from Arabic مَسْجِد, from Arabic سَجَدَ, from Arabic ج — Abbreviation of جَمْع.
мошеја (Serbo-Croatian): mosque
Ancestry of “мошеја”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Moschee | mosque |
| 2 | French | mosquée | mosque |
| 3 | Italian | moschea | mosque |
| 4 | Spanish | mezquita | mosque; a Native American religious site |
| 5 | Arabic | مَسْجِد | mosque; place of worship |
| 6 | Arabic | سَجَدَ | to bow down; to bow in reverence; to prostrate,... |
| 7 | Arabic | ج | Abbreviation of جَمْع |