Etymology

Islamicate

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Today it means: Associated with regions in which Muslims are culturally dominant, but not specifically with the religion of Islam. Full definition →

English Islamic ← French islamiqueder.? ← New Latin islāmicusder.?
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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. EnglishIslamic
  9. English todayIslamicate

From Islamic + -ate (participial adjective-forming suffix).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.