The story
- Classical Persianمُسَلْمَان (musalmān)
- Ottoman Turkishمسلمان
- Italianmusulmano
- English todayMussulman
From Italian musulmano, from Ottoman Turkish مسلمان (müsliman), from Classical Persian مُسَلْمَان (musalmān), from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim), from أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama). Etymologically not a compound of man, though the plural Mussulmen shows it was sometimes reinterpreted as such.
Words from the same roots
Arabicمُسْلِم all →
Muslimmassaman
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.