Etymology

Islamic

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam. Full definition →

French islamiqueder.? ← New Latin islāmicusder.? ← Latin Islāmus
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The story

  1. Arabicأَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama)
  2. Arabicإِسْلَام (ʔislām)
  3. EnglishIslam
  4. Arabicإِسْلَام (ʔislām)
  5. LatinIslāmus
  6. New Latinislāmicusder.?
  7. Frenchislamiqueder.?
  8. English todayIslamic

From Islam + -ic, probably after New Latin islāmicus or French islamique.

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