sultan

The story

1. Arabicسُلْطَان (sulṭān)
2. Ottoman Turkishسلطان
3. Arabicسُلْطَان (sulṭān)
4. Middle Frenchsultan
5. Arabicسُلْطَان (sulṭān)
6. Medieval Latinsultanus
7. English todaysultan

Borrowed from Middle French sultan or Medieval Latin sultanus, from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “strength, authority, ruler”). Compare Hebrew שִׁלְטוֹן (shiltón) and סוּלְטָן (sultán). Doublet of soldan.

Words from the same roots