Where does “meskita” come from?

meskita (Tagalog) comes from Spanish mezquita, from Arabic مَسْجِد, from Arabic سَجَدَ, from Arabic ج — Abbreviation of جَمْع.

meskita (Tagalog): mosque

Definitions

  1. mosque

Ancestry of “meskita”, step by step

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