Where does “mameluco” come from?

mameluco (Spanish) comes from Arabic مَمْلُوك, from Arabic مَلَكَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

mameluco (Spanish): mameluke; mameluco

Definitions

  1. mameluke; mameluco

Ancestry of “mameluco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمَمْلُوكslave
2Arabicمَلَكَto possess; to rule; to own; to take possession...
3Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
4Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to
Every word from Proto-Semitic *lV- →Every word from Arabic ل →Every word from Arabic مَلَكَ →