Etymology

Islamosphere

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Today it means: The Islamic world. Full definition →

English sphere ← Middle English spere ← Old French sphere
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The story

  1. Arabicأَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama)
  2. Arabicإِسْلَام (ʔislām)
  3. EnglishIslam
  4. EnglishIslamo-
  5. Ancient Greekσφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)
  6. Latinsphaera
  7. Late Latinsphēra
  8. Old Frenchsphere
  9. Middle Englishspere
  10. Englishsphere
  11. English todayIslamosphere

From Islamo- + -sphere.

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