Where does “муштерија//mušterija” come from?

муштерија//mušterija (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish مشتری, from Arabic مُشْتَرٍ, from Arabic ر, from Arabic رَأَى — to see.

Ancestry of “муштерија//mušterija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishمشتریcustomer
2Arabicمُشْتَرٍbuyer, seller
3Arabicرsecond-person masculine singular active...
4Arabicرَأَىto see
Every word from Arabic رَأَى →Every word from Arabic ر →Every word from Arabic مُشْتَرٍ →