Etymology

Islamicist

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Today it means: An expert or scholar in Islam. Full definition →

First used 1950sEnglish Islamic ← French islamiqueder.? ← New Latin islāmicusder.?
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  1. Arabicأَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama)
  2. Arabicإِسْلَام (ʔislām)
  3. EnglishIslam
  4. Arabicإِسْلَام (ʔislām)
  5. LatinIslāmus
  6. New Latinislāmicusder.?
  7. Frenchislamiqueder.?
  8. EnglishIslamic
  9. English todayIslamicist

From Islamic + -ist. Compare Islamist.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 1950s An expert or scholar in Islam.
  • from 1960s An Islamic fundamentalist.
  • from 1960s Pertaining to Islamic scholarship.
  • from 1970s Pertaining to Islamic fundamentalism.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.